Evidence: | 'We returned to England to read, in an evening newspaper bought at Folkestone, of the death of Lord Northcliffe, but a week later another death occurred which seemed, to us who went frequently to the Union Office, far more untimely and incongruous.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Aug 1922 and 31 Aug 1922 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | newspaper |
Genre: | newspaper report |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 22041 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Vera Brittain | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Testament of Youth | |
Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 557-558 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 557-558, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22041, accessed: 03 May 2024 |
Vera Brittain was returning from a League of Nations Union Summer School in Geneva. The other death mentioned was that of a colleague from Somerville College, Oxford, named Elizabeth Murray. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)