Record Number: 13894

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I had been reading Mary Border's book "Passport for a girl" and the day following my dream, I was interested to read in Page 201 describing the Austrian Anschluss, how old men and pregnant women were kept marching round till they dripped from exhaustion.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/anight

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

unknown

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Teacher

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Mary Border

Title:

Passport for a girl

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

13894

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

File Report A20, Date July 1939, Title BAD DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES, p. 11, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk ,

Citation:

File Report A20, Date July 1939, Title BAD DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES, p. 11, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13894, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None