Record Number: 32904
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘You letter gave me great pleasure; and for once I took your advice on a matter of books, to the extent of buying that World’s Classics Selection you mentioned (I have the first, selected by Peacock) and am just one reading it … I read little now, and auction bridge (O game of games!) debating, a little music, and spending boring evenings with fools occupy me much.’
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Dec 1915 and 17 Dec 1915
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:Chelmsford
Essex
(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:28 Aug 1890
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:English Prose from Mandeville to Ruskin
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:32904
Source:Ivor Gurney
Editor:R. K. R. Thornton,
Title:Ivor Gurney: Collected Letters
Place of Publication:Manchester
Date of Publication:1991
Vol:n/a
Page:62-3
Additional Comments:
Letter to Sydney Shimmin, music teacher, organist and friend of Marion Scott,17 December 1915, Chelmsford, Essex
Citation:
Ivor Gurney, R. K. R. Thornton, (ed.), Ivor Gurney: Collected Letters, (Manchester, 1991), p. 62-3, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32904, accessed: 10 May 2024
Additional Comments:
The identity of this work is speculative, the only clues being the publisher's series and the name 'Peacock.'
