Record Number: 31399

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Down town with Dad and Mum in morning. Gally and Leon in for tea and dinner. Dad read "Literary Lapses" after dinner — very bon! Bed early.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

26 Jan 1918

Country:

England

Time

evening

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:

Cuthbert George Knocker

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1857

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Retired British Army Colonel

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Wife and children.

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Stephen Leacock

Title:

Literary Lapses

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Humour

Form of Text:

Print: BookUnknown

Publication Details

First published 1910.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31399

Source:

Print

Author:

Christopher M. Burgess

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Diary and Letters of a World War I Fighter Pilot

Place of Publication:

Barnsley

Date of Publication:

2008

Vol:

n/a

Page:

137

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Christopher M. Burgess, The Diary and Letters of a World War I Fighter Pilot, (Barnsley, 2008), p. 137, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31399, accessed: 05 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

None