Record Number: 32973

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'If possible send me an amusing book small enough to be put in a large pocket. That is to say smaller than a Prayer-book and much smaller than a Hymn Book and much larger than a Thumb Dictionary. The more full of senseless gossip your letters are the more I like them but I like them all of whatever kind, and I appreciate their variety. Which is infinite. I have just thrown out of the window Arnold Bennett's book called Edwin and Angelina or words to that effect. I have read bits of it.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

2 Jul 1916

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Saint-Omer
other location: Headquarters, Royal Flying Corps

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:

Maurice Baring

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

27 Apr 1874

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Title:

Clayhanger

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32973

Source:

Print

Author:

Maurice Baring

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Dear Animated Bust: Letters to Lady Juliet Duff, France, 1915-1918

Place of Publication:

Salisbury

Date of Publication:

1981

Vol:

n/a

Page:

41

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Maurice Baring, Dear Animated Bust: Letters to Lady Juliet Duff, France, 1915-1918, (Salisbury, 1981), p. 41, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32973, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None