Record Number: 5514

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

?One has no inclination at all to work or to read seriously ? so I?ve been dipping into an enormous range of stuff ? from Hans Anderson to Boris Godonof.?

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

unknown

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: on board ship

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:

Benjamin Britten

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

22 Nov 1913

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Composer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

unknown

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Hans Christian Anderson

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Fiction, Children's Lit

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5514

Source:

Print

Author:

Benjamin Britten

Editor:

Donald Mitchell

Title:

Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

2 (1939-45)

Page:

633

Additional Comments:

Author: Benjamin Britten et al Editors Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed Letter 173, May 3rd 1939 From letter written to Wulff Scherchen. Britten was on the Cunard White Star ?Ausonia? sailing from Southampton to Quebec.

Citation:

Benjamin Britten, Donald Mitchell (ed.), Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten (London, 1998), 2 (1939-45), p. 633, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5514, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None