| Evidence: | 'So I turned, as often, for help and advice to Mrs.Gaskell's "Life of Charlotte Bronte", which Winifred and I had read and admired together.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 29 Dec 1893 and 29 Mar 1970 | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Vera Brittain |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 29 Mar 1893 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Elizabeth Gaskell |
| Title: | Life of Charlotte Bronte |
| Genre: | Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 22100 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Friendship | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 2 | |
| Additional comments: | Quotation taken from the Prologue. |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship (Great Britain, 1980), p. 2, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22100, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| Vera Brittain is seeking advice about aspects of writing the biography of her friend Winifred Holtby from Mrs Gaskell's book. |
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