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Record 12500

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'24th October 1928. Late to work. Hurried letter from mother asking me to obtain for her 10 copies of ?la Vie Litt?raire? (Cours Moyen). The publishers are Alcyde Picard, and mother gave me his address as 18, rue Soufflot. On my going there, however, I found that his address is actually rue Hautefeuille. [...] I got the books and posted them off although the money was only sufficient for seven and I could not supplement it being ?a sec?. ?La Clart?? (H. Barbusse)'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 24 Oct 1928
Country: France
Time: n/a
Place: city: Paris
   
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:Gerald Moore
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 16 Jun 1903
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Coffee then Cocoa broker, working for Unilever - United Africa Company
Religion: none
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: H. Barbusse
Title: La Clart
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Social Science, Politics
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 12500  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: Gerald Moore
  Title: MS Diary 1928
  Location: Private Collection
  Call no: MS Diary 1928
  Page/folio: n/a

Citation: Gerald Moore, MS Diary 1928 Private Collection, p. MS Diary 1928, p. n/a, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12500, accessed: 20 April 2024

Additional comments:

This material Copyright Andrew Neill Vanson Moore, and Shirley Frances Gould-Smith.

 

 

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