Record Number: 5512
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'- have you ever read a book called "1066 & all that" ?i t's very funny, & one of the authors is on board.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:on board ship
Timen/a
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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:22 Nov 1913
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Composer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:on board ship
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:1066 and all that
Genre:Humour
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1930
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5512
Source:Benjamin Britten
Editor:Donald Mitchell
Title:Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten
Place of Publication:London`1998
Date of Publication:n/a
Vol:2 (1939-45)
Page:n/a
Additional Comments:
Author: Benjamin Britten et al Editors Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed Letter 172, May 1st 1939 From the editor?s footnote: Robert Julian Yeatman From letter written to Wulff Scherchen. Britten was on the Cunard White Star ?Ausonia? sailing from Southampton to Quebec.
Citation:
Benjamin Britten, Donald Mitchell (ed.), Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten, (London`1998, ), 2 (1939-45), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5512, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Authors being read R J Yeatman and W C Sellar