Record Number: 29935

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Some "Vie Parisiennes" heartened me, and I needed it, for not one line yet to hand from Europe or Cairo — a cruel and needless privation.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1 Jun 1917

Country:

Iraq (Mesopotamia)

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: Basra
specific address: General McMunn's house

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) and army officer

Religion:

Christian (Anglican)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Iraq (Mesopotamia)

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

La Vie Parisienne

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

1917

Provenance

Found

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29935

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:

250

Additional Comments:

Diary entry 1 June 1917.

Citation:

Ronald Storrs, Orientations, (London (Readers Union Edn.), 1939 (1937)), p. 250, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29935, accessed: 29 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None