Record Number: 12351

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Tuesday 22nd June ?Jack Hamlin?s Mediation?etc.. (Bret Harte) Wednesday 23rd June A quiet day today and then last thing, neurotic attack. Went and joined the Library today. They are hopelessly deficient in good stuff, either old or new, but still they carry lots of books otherwise inaccessible to me.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

22 Jun 1926

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Liverpool

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:

Gerald Moore

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

16 Jun 1903

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Coffee then Cocoa broker, working for Unilever - United Africa Company

Religion:

none

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:

Bret Harte

Title:

Jack Hamlin's Mediation

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12351

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Gerald Moore

Title:

MS Diary 1926

Location:

Private Collection

Call No:

MS Diary 1926

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

For further information about this MS diary, please contact the RED project. http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php

Citation:

Gerald Moore, MS Diary 1926, Private Collection, MS Diary 1926, n/a, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12351, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

This material Copyright Andrew Neill Vanson Moore, and Shirley Frances Gould-Smith.