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Record 30346

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'My difficulties were much increased because none of the Turks could speak English. To get over this handicap, I tried to recollect some French, that admirable language so widely understood, if not spoken, throughout the Middle East. In the absence of language primers or serious books, I was assisted by being able to borrow some rather salty French novels and some old copies of [italics] La Vie Parisienne [end italics].'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 25 May 1916 and 31 Oct 1916
Country: Mesopotamia [Iraq]
Time: n/a
Place: city: Mosul
   
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 Collis Spackman
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender n/a
Date of Birth 23 Sep 1889
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Medical Officer, RAMC
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: Mesopotamia [Iraq]
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: "salty French novels"
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: borrowed (other)

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 30346  
Source - Print  
  Author: W. C. Spackman
  Editor: Tony Spackman
  Title: Captured at Kut: The Great War Diaries of Colonel W C Spackman
  Place of Publication: Barnsley
  Date of Publication: 2008
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 103
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: W. C. Spackman, Tony Spackman (ed.), Captured at Kut: The Great War Diaries of Colonel W C Spackman (Barnsley, 2008), p. 103, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=30346, accessed: 29 March 2024

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