Record Number: 34081
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Much T. E. Lawrence talk whom I knew slightly and always thought a bore and a bounder and a prig.... Storrs [Sir Ronald, an official in the British Foreign and Colonial Office] thinks he was unhinged by his manhandling by the Turks which he described in "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom"; a glorious book. Whatever else he was, Lawrence was a gifted and distinguished writer. John Buchan lent me his annotated copy of the "Seven Pillars" some years ago, and I read it all night and was called, finishing it, the next morning.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timemorning: 'finishing it, the next morning.'
night: 'I read it all night'
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Type of Experience(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:7 Mar 1897
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Politician
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:United States of America
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:The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Genre:History, Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:34081
Source:Henry Channon
Editor:Robert Rhodes James
Title:'Chips': The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1996
Vol:n/a
Page:34
Additional Comments:
Diary entry by Sir Henry Channon, 25 May, 1935, Belton House, Grantham.
Citation:
Henry Channon, Robert Rhodes James (ed.), 'Chips': The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon, (London, 1996), n/a, p. 34, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34081, accessed: 26 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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