Letter: To Charlotte Blunden.
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Letter: To Charlotte Blunden.
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Author |
Blunden, Edmund (1896-1974)
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Notes |
Letter from Edmund Blunden to his sister Charlotte ('Lottie' or 'Loggia'). Apologizes for having failed to write / blames the distractions of fiction / acknowledges two letters from Charlotte / describes being back in reserve following front line duty / the sound of the shells / a dog that has befriended him / a letter with photographs from their mother at Plymouth / receiving a copy of the 'Blue', the Christ's Hospital school magazine / the 'Southern Weekly' and the 'Daily Mirror' / discusses the goings-on at Christ's Hospital, some articles and the OTC / carries on the next day, describing returning to the trench mud and dugouts / the sights and sounds along the line / returning to find that his dog had been claimed by another group of soldiers / reading Mark Twain's 'Tom Sawyer' and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' and 'Impertinent Reflections' / the experience of a shell attack / a postcard from George Rhea discussing a fellow schoolmate who had died / perservering / despondent at descriptions of an apathetic England.
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Item date |
6th October 1916 to 7th October 1916
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Creation place |
Thiepval
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Page number |
4
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Total number of pages |
4
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Cataloguer |
Alisa Miller
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Filename |
EBFAM - 014.jpg
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Copyright |
The Edmund Blunden Literary Estate
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Item width |
121
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Item height |
160
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Repository name |
Blunden Family Private Collection
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Collection
Citation
“Letter: To Charlotte Blunden.,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 5, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/9796.
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Document description
Title |
Letter: To Charlotte Blunden.
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Author |
Blunden, Edmund (1896-1974)
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Item date |
6th October 1916 to 7th October 1916
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Creation place |
Thiepval
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Item source | |
Item medium | |
Writing medium | |
Content | |
Total number of pages |
4
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Cataloguer |
Alisa Miller
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Copyright |
The Edmund Blunden Literary Estate
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Item width |
121
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Item height |
160
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Repository name |
Blunden Family Private Collection
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Citation
“Letter: To Charlotte Blunden.,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 5, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/9796.