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Record 30189

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I keep reading Tess and The Return of the Native -- they fit in admirably with my thoughts.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 13 Jul 1916
Country: France
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:Siegfried Sassoon
Age n/a
Gender Male
Date of Birth 8 Sep 1886
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
Religion: n/a
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: Thomas Hardy
Title: The Return of the Native
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 30189  
Source - Print  
  Author: Siegfried Sassoon
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Siegfried Sassoon Diaries 1915 - 1918
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1983
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 92
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Siegfried Sassoon, Siegfried Sassoon Diaries 1915 - 1918 (London, 1983), p. 92, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=30189, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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