Record Number: 31424
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Mowed lawn all morning with Dad. Then boked down town. Then biked round and round the lawn! ... Supper and after short stroll came back and finished "The Red Planet", perfectly great.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:3 Jun 1918
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Weymouth
county: Dorset
specific address: 12 Belvedere Esplanade
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:14 Aug 1899
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Second Lieutenant, Royal Air Force
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Red Planet and Other Poems
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:31424
Source: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:198
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Christopher M. Burgess, The Diary and Letters of a World War I Fighter Pilot, (Barnsley, 2008), p. 198, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31424, accessed: 14 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Knocker was at his parents' home in Weymouth on 4 weeks' sick leave recovering from a bullet wound.
The text being read is either William John Locke's 1917 science fiction novel "The Red Planet," or Norman Cross's poetry collection "The Red Planet and Other Poems," published the same year. Knocker's pre-existing interest in poetry suggests the latter.
