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Record 23643

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'But it was in a "Good Housekeeping" article on "How to Enjoy Bad Health" that she quoted the remarks with which he prefaced his announcement that she could not hope to live for more than two years.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Apr 1932 and 30 Apr 1932
Country: unknown
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

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: unknown
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Winifred Holtby
Title: Good Housekeeping magazine "How to Enjoy Bad Health"
Genre: Medicine
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 23643  
Source - Print  
  Author: Vera Brittain
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Testament of Friendship
  Place of Publication: Great Britain
  Date of Publication: 1980
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 329
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship (Great Britain, 1980), p. 329, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23643, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

Vera Brittain refers to Winifred Holtby's visit to her specialist in London, when she accompanied her. A footnote adds that this article was republished in "Pavements at Anderby", written by Winifred, as "Machiavelli in the Sickroom".

 

 

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