Record Number: 29903

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Talked twenty minutes with two Egyptian officers who seemed a little out of the picture, and to bed, after fifty or sixty pages of "Mr Britling".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

13 Oct 1916

Country:

At sea

Time

evening
night

Place:

other location: in cabin on board the "Lama" in Red Sea between Suez and Jeddah

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:

Ronald Storrs

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

19 Nov 1881

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

diplomat (colonial civil servant)

Religion:

Christian (Anglican)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

At sea

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Herbert George Wells

Title:

Mr Britling sees it through

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Lodon: Cassell, 1916

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29903

Source:

Print

Author:

Ronald Storrs

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Orientations

Place of Publication:

London (Readers Union Edn.)

Date of Publication:

1939 (1937)

Vol:

n/a

Page:

180

Additional Comments:

Diary entry 13th October 1916, incorporated into source text.

Citation:

Ronald Storrs, Orientations, (London (Readers Union Edn.), 1939 (1937)), p. 180, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29903, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

The book was finished the following day.