Record Number: 31052

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Reported sick again as the swelling on my leg has not gone down. There is not a sound of a gun to be heard now ... We are now having a thunderstorm, the first rain for fourteen days or more and the first thunderstorm I have seen in the seven months I have been in this country. Finished a book by Guy Boothby called A Millionaire's Love Story.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

4 May 1917

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Arras

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:

Stuart Chapman

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1888

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Signaller, Royal Garrison Artillery

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Country of Origin:

Scotland

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:

Guy Boothby

Title:

A Millionaire's Love Story

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31052

Source:

Print

Author:

Stuart Chapman

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Home in Time for Breakfast: A First World War Diary

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

2007

Vol:

n/a

Page:

59-60

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Stuart Chapman, Home in Time for Breakfast: A First World War Diary, (London, 2007), n/a, p. 59-60, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31052, accessed: 19 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None