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Record Number: 27793


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'On the plane I saw in the paper of the fellow ahead of me, "Le Marechal Pilzudski est mort hier".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 12 May 1935 and 31 May 1935

Country:

Greece

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: in an aeroplane

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:

George Catlin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

political philosopher

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

Greece

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Politics, newspaper report

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

May 1935

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

27793

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Experience

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

122

Additional Comments:

Quotation taken from a letter written by George Catlin to his wife, Vera Brittain.

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 122, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27793, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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