Record Number: 18277

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thanks to the efficiency of Mr Kydd, we were overtaken here by a runner, and spent a pleasant half-hour in the shade reading letters from home, and the latest sensations and French railway accidents in the newspapers.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 7 Apr 1930 and 20 Apr 1930

Country:

Sikkim

Time

morning

Place:

other location: outdoors, on trail in Ranjit Valley, Kanchenjunga foothills

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:

Frank Smythe

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

6 Jul 1900

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

unknown at that stage of his life

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Sikkim

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

newspapers

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18277

Source:

Print

Author:

Frank Smythe

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Kanchenjunga Adventure: in The Six Alpine/Himalayan Climbing Books

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

2000 (1930)

Vol:

n/a

Page:

195

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Frank Smythe, The Kanchenjunga Adventure: in The Six Alpine/Himalayan Climbing Books, (London, 2000 (1930)), p. 195, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18277, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None