| Evidence: | 'Winifred did not care, for she was reading Conrad's "Suspense" - a noble and spacious book which made the early nineteenth century come alive for her in a clear yet faint glow like candlelight." |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 14 Jan 1926 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: on a boat due to depart from Tilbury | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Winifred Holtby |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1898 |
| 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: | Joseph Conrad |
| Title: | Suspense |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 23306 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Friendship | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 186 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship (Great Britain, 1980), p. 186, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23306, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| Winifred Holtby was reading this book at the beginning of a journey to South Africa. Her voyage from Tilbury was postponed for several hours because of bad weather. It is this delay which Winifred 'did not care' about. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)