Record Number: 33681
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Today has been uneventful and we go into new trenches at 9.30 tonight. It is one mass of mud here now but will soon dry up with the sun. We shall be six days in the new trenches, and then probably straight back to billets ... Monypenny showed us where we were going tonight and what we should have to do there—then nothing more till tonight—just drowse and curse at the wet and the flies and read "Michael Strogoff"—also listen to the Germans shelling buildings on our right and left and wondering for how long he is going to leave us alone.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:10 Jun 1915
Country:Belgium
Timeafternoon
Place:city: Ypres
Type of Experience(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:24 Mar 1895
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Second Lieutenant, Essex Regiment
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Belgium
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33681
Source:Arthur Oscar Hornung
Editor:E. W. Hornung
Title:'Trusty and Well Beloved': The Little Record of Arthur Oscar Hornung
Place of Publication:Colchester
Date of Publication:1915
Vol:n/a
Page:27
Additional Comments:
letter to parents, 10 June 1915
Citation:
Arthur Oscar Hornung, E. W. Hornung (ed.), 'Trusty and Well Beloved': The Little Record of Arthur Oscar Hornung, (Colchester, 1915), p. 27, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33681, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
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