Record Number: 29196

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Church parade. Cricket against Royal Scots. Did rather well. Won by 1 run. Reading the Browning Love letters in my spare time.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

10 Jun 1917

Country:

France

Time

evening

Place:

city: Le Quesnoy, France

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:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Browning

Title:

The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29196

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=29196, accessed: 27 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None