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Record 16874

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'When I get home my noble aunt is reading the papers. At the time I was writing this the number of people reading the papers was more than usual.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jan 1939 and 31 Dec 1939
Country: England
Time: evening
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

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader: anon
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Unknown/NA
Occupation: unknown
Religion: unknown
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: Aunt of Stevie Smith

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: newspaper
Genre: news
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 16874  
Source - Print  
  Author: Jenny Hartley
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Hearts Undefeated: Women's Writing of the Second World War
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1999
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 16
  Additional comments: From Stevie Smith, 'Mosaic', "Eve's Journal" 1939

Citation: Jenny Hartley, Hearts Undefeated: Women's Writing of the Second World War (London, 1999), p. 16, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16874, accessed: 16 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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