Record Number: 33049

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

‘I am in a condition such as demands amusement as a cure: that is, I am an invalid—though not a despondent one. I have been struggling with … bronchitis for more than a week … Don’t imagine that I desire or deserve a scrap of condolence—I rather look for envy: An excellent little servant to attend to my every need: a Scotch cook … a stove … an easy chair—a dressing-gown and Meredith at his best (in One of our Conquerors)—and all this in my fashionably furnished “studio” …’

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 22 Dec 1916 and 29 Dec 1916

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Rugeley
county: Staffordshire
other location: Rugeley Camp

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:

Herbert Edward Read

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Dec 1893

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Second Lieutenant, Yorkshire Regiment

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Meredith

Title:

One of Our Conquerors

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33049

Source:

Print

Author:

Herbert Read

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Contrary Experience: Autobiographies

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1963

Vol:

n/a

Page:

80

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Herbert Read, The Contrary Experience: Autobiographies, (London, 1963), p. 80, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33049, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None