Record Number: 29765
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The old reason [for not replying to letters] remains, also the old remedy. A good shillingsworth of fine fiction now. [...] A copy of the July “BLUE” enfolding some rather tasteless morsels, a fine article by H. S. Goodwin on Geoffrey Woodhouse, the unspeakably hopeless "Hertford Letter" and several mixed comments on my poems and me — that also fell from the lucky bag. The "Southern Weekly", the "Daily Mirror" and other papers show up the latest buffoonery of A.W.U. [?] quite plainly.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between Sep 1916 and 6 Oct 1916
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Thiepval
county: Somme
specific address: 11th Royal Sussex Regiment Battalion HQ, Mailly
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1 Nov 1896
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Army Officer and Poet
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Fiction, Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:29765
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Digitised handwritten letter from The First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford (www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit); © [The Edmund Blunden Literary Estate] http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/9403
Additional Information:
Letter from Edmund Blunden to his sister Charlotte Blunden, dated 6-7 October 1916, Thiepval (Somme)
Citation:
Digitised handwritten letter from The First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford (www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit); © [The Edmund Blunden Literary Estate] http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/9403 , http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29765, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Date range or reading experience approximate, but assumes reader received his mail on returning from the trenches on the Somme.