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Record 28093

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'He did not mention that as a prisoner he himself had written an autobiography, of which H. N. Brailsford was to comment in the "New Statesman" the following May: "This book ... is the most vital contribution that any Indian has yet made to political literature."'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Until: 31 May 1936
Country: England
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:Henry Noel Brailsford
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 25 Dec 1873
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Journalist
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Jawaharlal Nehru
Title: Towards Freedom
Genre: Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 28093  
Source - Print  
  Author: Vera Brittain
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Testament of Experience
  Place of Publication: Great Britain
  Date of Publication: 1980
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 141
  Additional comments: Vera Brittain is referring to Jawaharlal Nehru in this extract.

Citation: Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 141, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28093, accessed: 29 March 2024

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