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Record Number: 29856


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The commanding officer, a timid, fragile man, gave me (as his way was) a pocket Testament bound in green suède, with coloured pictures. It went with me always, mainly unconsulted; it survives.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

May 1916

Country:

France and Belgium

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Edmund Blunden

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1 Nov 1896

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Army Officer and Poet

Religion:

Christian (Anglican)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France and Belgium

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The New Testament

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

29856

Source:

Print

Author:

Edmund Blunden

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Undertones of War

Place of Publication:

Harmondsworth (Penguin Modern Classics edn.)

Date of Publication:

1982 (1928, 1937)

Vol:

n/a

Page:

16

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War (Harmondsworth (Penguin Modern Classics edn.), 1982 (1928, 1937)), p. 16, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=29856, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Submitted as evidence of serial but occasional reading.

   
   
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