Record Number: 22050
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'"I have just put down the "Testament Politique,"" G. was writing to me, as though by telepathy, only a week later, "and I turn to think ... of you reading it to enlighten you on the War, of you telling me of it in the punt on that day down stream on the Cher."'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1924 and 31 Dec 1924
Country:unknown
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:university lecturer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:unknown
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
Vera Brittain does not name this man. They were to be married the following year.
Text Being Read:
Author:Frederick the Great of Prussia
Title:Testament Politique
Genre:Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:22050
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Youth
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1978
Vol:n/a
Page:642
Additional Comments:
Quotation taken from a letter written by "G." to Vera Brittain in 1924.
Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 642, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22050, accessed: 02 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Vera Brittain received this letter while on a tour of Europe with Winifred Holtby. In the previous paragraph she states that, the week before receiving it, they had seen the statue of Frederick the Great in Berlin and that this had reminded her of reading this text at Oxford.
