Record Number: 33533

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'On Sunday morning Blair and I left Hospital. We drove to the McCormicks' Bungalow, and since then I've been having a real slack time. I am reading The Crisis by Winston Churchill. It is very good indeed, though I like The Crossing still better, that Anderson McKendrick read aloud to us at Kasauli. A most interesting part of The Crisis is what is written about the Germans. It makes one think.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 7 Jan 1915 and 27 Jan 1915

Country:

India

Time

daytime

Place:

city: Kasauli
county: Himachal Pradesh
specific address: Pasteur Insitute

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

passive in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Listener:

Robert Dunlop Smith

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

25 Sep 1892

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Second Lieutenant, Highland Light Infantry

Religion:

Church of Scotland

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

India

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Winston Churchill

Title:

The Crossing

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33533

Source:

Print

Author:

Robert Dunlop Smith

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Robert Dunlop Smith, 1892-1917

Place of Publication:

Aberdeen

Date of Publication:

1921

Vol:

n/a

Page:

169

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Robert Dunlop Smith, Robert Dunlop Smith, 1892-1917, (Aberdeen, 1921), p. 169, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33533, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None