Record Number: 29869

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'More enduring [than the chocolates sent by Eden's mother, which were eaten by rats] was a copy of Robert Bridge's The Spirit of Man, sent to me by my cousin Violet Dickinson who alone among my family had an unerring instinct for the present which would delight one most ... the Bridges anthology, which naturally contained much that was a revelation to a nineteen-year-old boy, made a perfect retreat for the sensibilities. Battered now, it still has a place in my library.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

25 Dec 1916

Country:

Belgium

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: Ypres salient

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:

Anthony Eden

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

12 Jun 1897

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Army officer, 21st Battalion, later Prime Minister

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Belgium

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Bridges

Title:

The Spirit of Man

Genre:

Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1916

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29869

Source:

Print

Author:

Anthony Eden

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Another World: 1897-1917

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1976

Vol:

n/a

Page:

122

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anthony Eden, Another World: 1897-1917, (London, 1976), p. 122, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29869, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None