Record Number: 33002

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

‘Read Wells’ article in today’s Mail. Most important. I enclose it.’

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

2 Oct 1917

Country:

Scotland

Time

daytime

Place:

city: Craiglockhart
county: Edinburgh and Lothian
specific address: Craiglockhart War Hospital

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:

Wilfred Owen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

18 Mar 1893

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

2/Lt., 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment

Religion:

Christian (Anglican)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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:

The First-Class Air Fighter: Is He Going to Be the Decisive Factor?

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

Daily Mail (3 October 1917)

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33002

Source:

Print

Author:

Wilfred Owen

Editor:

Harold Owen

Title:

Wilfred Owen: Collected Letters

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1967

Vol:

n/a

Page:

498

Additional Comments:

Letter to Susan Owen 2 October 1917, Craiglockhart War Hospital

Citation:

Wilfred Owen, Harold Owen (ed.), Wilfred Owen: Collected Letters, (London, 1967), p. 498, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33002, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None