| Evidence: | '"I read "The Runners" last week," he continued, and told her that he had advised John Lane to refuse it.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1925 and 31 Dec 1925 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | John Priestley |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 13 Sep 1894 |
| 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: | JB Priestley |
| Author: | Winifred Holtby |
| Title: | The Runners |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Manuscript of an unpublished novel. |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 23305 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Friendship | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 181 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship (Great Britain, 1980), p. 181, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23305, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| JB Priestley was a reader for the publisher John Lane. The conversation quoted took place in a restaurant after Winifred Holtby had unexpectedly met Priestley in a bookshop in Kensington. |
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