Record Number: 29199

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I've read so many descriptions in newspapers of the ruin and desolation caused in this war. Famous literary men have tried their powers of description and All (with the possible exception of Gilbert Frankau) have failed to convey the repulsiveness and awfulness of the scene. The Ecole was one of these places - That's all!'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Robert Lindsay Mackay

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

1896

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Army officer, 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Gilbert Frankau

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29199

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Digitized version of manuscript.,

Citation:

Digitized version of manuscript., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=29199, accessed: 28 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

It is unclear from the source document whether the observation was written on 1 August 1917, or was a later interpolation by the author added after the war.