Record Number: 5489
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
H. J. Jackson notes recollection of friend of Rupert Brooke, of Brooke in a canoe c.1910-11: "'he would keep the paddle going with his left hand, and with the other make pencil notes on Webster, steadying the text against his knee,'"
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1909 and 1911
Country:n/a
Timen/a
Place:other location: in canoe on water
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:1887
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Drama, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5489
Source:H. J. Jackson
Editor:n/a
Title:Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
Vol:n/a
Page:112
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books, (New Haven, 2001), p. 112, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5489, accessed: 29 March 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation derived from Christopher Hassall, Rupert Brooke: A Biography (London, 1964) 266.