Record Number: 32970
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘When I clamp-clump-clamp-clumped into the Poetry Bookshop on Thursday, the poetic ladies were not a little surprised. The Readings were from Rabindranath Tagore, read by a Lady without much insight into the Hindu spirit. I could not speak to Monro, but he smiled sadly at my khaki … Did I tell you I got in half-price at “the Strand” to see the Scarlet Pimpernel. Fred Terry was indisposed, but I could hardly imagine a better impersonation than was done by the Understudy. I have just read "El Dorado", the last tale of the S. Pimpernel—not very readable.’
Century:1900-1945
Date:28 Oct 1915
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: Poetry Bookshop, 35 Devonshire Street
location in dwelling: Bookshop
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Listener: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:18 Mar 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Second Lieutenant, Artists' Rifles
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:Gitanjali
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32970
Source:Wilfred Owen
Editor:Harold Owen
Title:Wilfred Owen: Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1967
Vol:n/a
Page:363-64
Additional Comments:
Letter to undisclosed recipient, 30 October 1915, possibly written from Tavistock Square, London
Citation:
Wilfred Owen, Harold Owen (ed.), Wilfred Owen: Collected Letters, (London, 1967), p. 363-64, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32970, accessed: 10 May 2025
Additional Comments:
None
