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Record Number: 29103


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We reached his room about eleven. To do what? Not a blessed thing but to sit before a fire and talk and read again. He read me extracts from a book by Mr. Gilbert Frankau and proved to me what I could not have believed, that Mr. Frankau is a man of real high spirits which frequently almost achieve wit and humour.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1932 and 22 Jun 1932

Country:

United Kingdom

Time

n/anight: 11 pm-12 am

Place:

city: London

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Listener:

Cyril Lionel Robert James

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Jan 1901

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Trinidad

Country of Experience:

United Kingdom

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Gilbert Frankau

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

29103

Source:

Print

Author:

Cyril Lionel Robert James

Editor:

Nicholas Laughlin

Title:

Letters from London

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

2003

Vol:

n/a

Page:

50-51

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Cyril Lionel Robert James, Nicholas Laughlin (ed.), Letters from London (Oxford, 2003), p. 50-51, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=29103, accessed: 27 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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