Record Number: 34093

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'To my joy there was a book-case in the room and soon I was engrossed in a book which I later found was Ian Hay's "The First Hundred Thousand" a fictionalised account of the formation of the Expeditionary Force which went to France in the 1914-18 war. I was all too soon interrupted, however, and taken out and put in the hearse beside the coffin, since there was no room in the carriages, and the insertion of my small bottom would have made it less comfortable for the occupants of one side of the carriage. Mother, who had waited outside to see the funeral depart, was horrified to see this done, but I didn't mind.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1915 and 31 Dec 1916

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Hymie Fagan

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1903

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Child

Religion:

Jewish

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Ian Hay

Title:

The First Hundred Thousand

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1915

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

34093

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Hymie Fagan

Title:

An Autobiography

Location:

Brunel University Library

Call No:

2-261

Page/Folio:

36

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Hymie Fagan, An Autobiography, Brunel University Library, 2-261, 36, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34093, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None