Record Number: 29113

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Once or twice I left the safety of the trench and went out alone, down the hill towards Sailly-le-Sec ... I told myself that I might obtain some useful information ... But I saw no-one and it was frightening ... I stopped going out on these adventures. I talked to my signallers instead, I read my book. I reckoned I could read a book a day at the O.P. [observation post], the kind of book I took with me, I did not feel able to read any other sort.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 May 1918 and 30 Jun 1918

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Sailly-le-Sec, France

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:

Patrick James Campbell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

1897

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Artillery officer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29113

Source:

Print

Author:

Patrick James Campbell

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Ebb and Flow of Battle

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1977

Vol:

n/a

Page:

69

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Patrick James Campbell, The Ebb and Flow of Battle, (London, 1977), p. 69, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29113, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None