Record Number: 32920
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘This morning that extraordinarily unequal collection "The Golden Treasury" came out of its hiding place, and served to astonish me once more with its lasting wonders of the “Intimations” Ode. But what I really want is a Marcus Aurelius, a small cheap one. Would you send it me? The Gospels annoy me by their emptiness, and the eloquence of St Paul though good enough in some place is mere argumentative theology only too often … As for news, you in England are far more fortunate than we. My self I love newspapers when my brain is watery, and none I have seen that is not a week old. In reserve however I was a hardened but often puzzled reader of "Le Telegramme", "Le Journal", "Le Petit Parisien", "Le Matin".
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 15 Jun 1916 and 21 Jun 1916
Country:France
Timemorning
daytime
city: Fauquissart-Laventie
county: Pas-de-Calais
other location: trenches
(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:28 Aug 1890
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics
Genre:Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:32920
Source:Ivor Gurney
Editor:R. K. R. Thornton
Title:Ivor Gurney: Collected Letters
Place of Publication:Manchester
Date of Publication:1991
Vol:n/a
Page:93
Additional Comments:
Letter to Ethel Voynich June 1916, from the trenches at Fauquissart-Laventie
Citation:
Ivor Gurney, R. K. R. Thornton (ed.), Ivor Gurney: Collected Letters, (Manchester, 1991), p. 93, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32920, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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