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Record 29238

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'January 3rd. Cloudy day. Went with Col Pasteurs to look over the French Hospital at the Imperial Hotel. Read the "Decline and Fall" all afternoon and evening.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 3 Jan 1918
Country: France
Time: afternoon
evening
Place: city: Menton
   
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

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Martin Wentworth Littlewood
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender n/a
Date of Birth 1888
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Medical Officer
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: France
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Edward Gibbon
Title: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Genre: Classics, History, Politics
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 29238  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: Martin W. Littlewood
  Title: War Diary of Captain Martin W. Littlewood, 45th Field Ambulance, 15th Division
  Location: Wellcome Library, London
  Call no: MS8026
  Page/folio: n/a

Citation: Martin W. Littlewood, War Diary of Captain Martin W. Littlewood, 45th Field Ambulance, 15th Division Wellcome Library, London, p. MS8026, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29238, accessed: 29 March 2024

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