| Evidence: | 'At the time of her death I had read only part of "South Riding", which was to bring her back to me, and I found no reason to change the words which I had written in my notebook as she lay dying.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Oct 1935 and 31 Oct 1935 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Fowey county: Cornwall |
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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: | Winifred Holtby |
| Title: | South Riding |
| Genre: | Fiction, Politics |
| Form of Text: | Print: typescript |
| Publication details: | 1936 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 27794 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Experience | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 134 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 134, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27794, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| Winifred Holtby, Vera Brittain's close friend, had died in London on 29th September 1935. Vera was in Cornwall shortly after this and had started to read the typescript of "South Riding". |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)