| Evidence: | 'A verse from Thomas Hardy's "In time of the Breaking of Nations" floated into my mind from the volume of his poems that Edward had sent me in Malta:
"Only thin smoke without flame
From the heaps of couch grass:
Yet this will go onwards the same
Though Dynasties pass."'
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Sep 1917 and 30 Sep 1917 | ||||||||||
| Country: | France | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Etaples other location: 'deep in the woods' |
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| Reader: | Vera Brittain |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 29 Dec 1893 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | France |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Title: | In Time of the Breaking of Nations |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 21779 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Youth | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 382-383 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 382-383, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21779, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Vera Brittain was remembering this reading experience while she was out with a friend (Hope Milroy) when they were off duty while nursing in a French Hospital. Edward was her brother. |
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