Record Number: 29947
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The air dark and yellow with sand. Reason preserved by the finding of "Jude the Obscure", which I drank in, on and off, throughout the day. But I fear I should have put Sue across my knee, and have done with her [sic] long before the end of the second book.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:16 Jun 1917
Country:Kuweit
Timedaytime
Place:city: Kuweit
specific address: summer house of Mr Hamilton Political Officer and Britsh Consul
(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: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:Kuweit
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Jude the Obscure
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsfirst published 1895, not known which edition being read.
Provenanceunknown
possibly borrowed from hosts (no other references to Hardy among Storrs' documented reading experiences
Source Information:
Record ID:29947
Source:Ronald Storrs
Editor:n/a
Title:Orientations
Place of Publication:London (Readers Union Edn.)
Date of Publication:1939 (1937)
Vol:n/a
Page:259
Additional Comments:
Diary entry 16 June 1917.
Citation:
Ronald Storrs, Orientations, (London (Readers Union Edn.), 1939 (1937)), p. 259, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29947, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
None