Record Number: 22714

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Even when Winifred could read with the effortless rapidity that she never lost, she found her own stories and poems more entertaining than the sentimental pieties of "Christie's Old Organ", "Jessica's First Prayer" and "A Peep Behind the Scenes".

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1900 and 1935

Country:

England

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Winifred Holtby

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1898

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Christie's Old Organ, Jessica's First Prayer, A Peep Behind the Scenes

Genre:

Children's Lit

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22714

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Friendship

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

24

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship (Great Britain, 1980), p. 24, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22714, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None