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Record Number: 29116


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Campbell is describing entering a German dugout captured after a successful offensive] 'Their home was very like one of ours, maps and pictures stuck on the walls, shelves cut out of the earth, a sheaf of orders on the hook, newspapers on the table, a half-written letter, a pair of spectacles. I looked at their books, but I could not tell whether they were like ours, whether they were novels or not.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1918 and 31 Aug 1918

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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


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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In German.

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

29116

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:

102

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Patrick James Campbell, The Ebb and Flow of Battle, (London, 1977), p. 102, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29116, accessed: 28 September 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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