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Record 25647

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Advance copy of "Brief Words" came along; looks very well - scarcely anything that could be improved upon - excepting the actual contents. I can understand something of a woman's feelings on seeing her child.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 2 Mar 1935
Country: Scotland
Time: n/a
Place: city: Perth
specific address: 27 Wilson Street
location in dwelling: in bed
   
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:William Soutar
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 28 Apr 1898
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: poet
Religion: atheist
Country of origin: Scotland
Country of experience: Scotland
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: William Soutar
Title: Brief Words
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: Moray Press, Edinburgh, 1935
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 25647  
Source - Print  
  Author: William Soutar
  Editor: Alexander Scott
  Title: Diaries of a dying man
  Place of Publication: Edinburgh
  Date of Publication: 1954
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 81
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: William Soutar, Alexander Scott (ed.), Diaries of a dying man (Edinburgh, 1954), p. 81, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25647, accessed: 29 March 2024

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