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Record Number: 34081


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Much T. E. Lawrence talk whom I knew slightly and always thought a bore and a bounder and a prig.... Storrs [Sir Ronald, an official in the British Foreign and Colonial Office] thinks he was unhinged by his manhandling by the Turks which he described in "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom"; a glorious book. Whatever else he was, Lawrence was a gifted and distinguished writer. John Buchan lent me his annotated copy of the "Seven Pillars" some years ago, and I read it all night and was called, finishing it, the next morning.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

morning: 'finishing it, the next morning.'
night: 'I read it all night'

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Henry Channon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

7 Mar 1897

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Politician

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Edward Lawrence

Title:

The Seven Pillars of Wisdom

Genre:

History, Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)


Source Information:

Record ID:

34081

Source:

Print

Author:

Henry Channon

Editor:

Robert Rhodes James

Title:

'Chips': The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

n/a

Page:

34

Additional Comments:

Diary entry by Sir Henry Channon, 25 May, 1935, Belton House, Grantham.

Citation:

Henry Channon, Robert Rhodes James (ed.), 'Chips': The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon, (London, 1996), n/a, p. 34, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34081, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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