Record Number: 8549

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'That same night, in a perfect, clear, still moonlight, I lay in a tent, obsessed by insomnia... And I will interpolate that, for myself, I had been reading, actually, "The Red Badge of Courage" by the light of a candle stuck onto a bully-beef case at my camp-bed head.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1915 and 31 Dec 1919

Country:

France

Time

n/anight

Place:

other location: Tent on battle line

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:

Ford Madox Ford

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

17 Dec 1873

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Soldier

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Stephen Crane

Title:

The Red badge of courage

Genre:

Fiction, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1895

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

8549

Source:

Print

Author:

Ford Madox Ford

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Memories and impressions

Place of Publication:

London: Penguin Books

Date of Publication:

1979

Vol:

n/a

Page:

382

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ford Madox Ford, Memories and impressions, (London: Penguin Books, 1979), p. 382, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8549, accessed: 04 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None