Record Number: 33052
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am a week late in thanking you for your parcel and letter … and specially for the book of sonnets which has been constantly either in my pocket or hand. It is just the kind of thing one wants—that can be opened and closed again for five or ten minutes that may come to hand. It contains many fine ones which I had not met before: and altogether its possession is a great boon.’
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 2 Aug 1915 and 9 Aug 1915
Country:Belgium
Timen/a
Place:city: Ploegsteert
county: Hainault
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:19 May 1895
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:First Lieutenant, 7th Suffolk Regiment
Religion:Agnostic
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Belgium
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[sonnets]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33052
Source:Charles Hamilton Sorley
Editor:Jean Moorcroft Wilson
Title:The Collected Letters of Charles Hamilton Sorley
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1990
Vol:n/a
Page:247
Additional Comments:
To Miss Mary Smith, 9 August 1915 [Belgium, near Ypres]. Sorley was probably by this time at Ploegsteert, near Ypres
Citation:
Charles Hamilton Sorley, Jean Moorcroft Wilson (ed.), The Collected Letters of Charles Hamilton Sorley, (London, 1990), p. 247, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33052, accessed: 22 December 2024
Additional Comments:
None
