Record Number: 29194

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Dined with 'A' Company. Read the Browning Love Letters at night, in bed. Disappointed, though not displeased. Felt I could have written a better love letter myself in spite of my tender years - and lack of experience.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1 Jun 1917

Country:

France

Time

evening

Place:

city: Le Quesnoy, 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:

Robert Lindsay Mackay

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

1896

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Army officer, 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

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:

Robert Browning

Title:

The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett

Genre:

Letters

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29194

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Digitized version of manuscript.

Additional Information:

The Diaries of Robert Lindsay Mackay, online at http://www.firstworldwar.com/diaries/rlm3.htm.

Citation:

Digitized version of manuscript., http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29194, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None