Record Number: 11957
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'"This Above All", Eric Knight. Believe me I lived and smelt through that book all the horrors of nights and days of bombing and Dunkirk conveys and putrid dressings and various limbs blown off and men coming out of other and talking and men talking their heads off to ease the strain. If I could write a book on what I went through, seeing, smelling and hearing those days it would sound very similar. I just lived that book in parts.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1940 and 31 Dec 1942
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:Unknown
Gender:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:unknown
Religion:unknown
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:This Above All
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:11957
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
File Report 1332, Date July 1942, BOOKS AND THE PUBLIC, p. 171, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see
http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk
Additional Information:
MOO accessed November 23, 2007.
Citation:
File Report 1332, Date July 1942, BOOKS AND THE PUBLIC, p. 171, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see
http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk
Additional Comments:
None
