Record Number: 32981
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘The next book for you to read is "A Knight on Wheels". It is great. I, with the inherited diffidence of my distinguished Grandma, must say I could never do anything like so great. I suppose in the million eyes of the Empire I have already done a thing greater than this merry book; but, then, more fools the million eyes …’
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 2 May 1917 and 9 May 1917
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Cerisy-Gailly
county: Somme
specific address: 13th Casualty Clearing Station
(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:18 Mar 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:2/Lt., 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A Knight on Wheels
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:32981
Source:Wilfred Owen
Editor:Harold Owen
Title:Wilfred Owen: Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1967
Vol:n/a
Page:457
Additional Comments:
Letter to Susan Owen, 10 May 1917, 13th Casualty Clearing Station, Cerisy-Gailly (Somme)
Citation:
Wilfred Owen, Harold Owen (ed.), Wilfred Owen: Collected Letters, (London, 1967), p. 457, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32981, accessed: 06 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Possibly one of the books Owen borrowed from his old schoolmate (see ID 32980).