Record Number: 33049
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
Timen/a
Place:city: Rugeley
county: Staffordshire
other location: Rugeley Camp
(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: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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:One of Our Conquerors
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33049
Source: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:
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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: 07 February 2026
Additional Comments:
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