Letter: To Charlotte Blunden.
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| Author | Blunden, Edmund (1896-1974) |
|---|---|
| Title | Letter: To Charlotte Blunden. |
| 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. |
| Item Date | 6th October 1916 to 7th October 1916 |
| Creation place | Thiepval (Google Maps) |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Leaf |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pencil |
| Content | Letter |
| Item height | 160 |
| Item width | 121 |
| Page | 3 of 4 |
| Repository name | Blunden Family Private Collection |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller |
| Filename | EBFAM - 013.jpg |
| Copyright | The Edmund Blunden Literary Estate |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/9403/9025 |
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| Author | Blunden, Edmund (1896-1974) |
|---|---|
| Title | Letter: To Charlotte Blunden. |
| Item Date | 6th October 1916 to 7th October 1916 |
| Creation place | Thiepval (Google Maps) |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Leaf |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pencil |
| Content | Letter |
| Item height | 160 |
| Item width | 121 |
| Repository name | Blunden Family Private Collection |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller |
| Copyright | The Edmund Blunden Literary Estate |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/9403 |
