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Record Number: 19744


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Susan] is reading [italics] Frost [end italics]. She was terrified by the story of the lost child in the cellar.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

21 Apr 1938

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

Susan Glossop

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1929

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

daughter of writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

daughter of Antonia White and Silas Glossop



Text Being Read:

Author:

Antonia White

Title:

Frost at Midnight

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

19744

Source:

Print

Author:

Antonia White

Editor:

Susan Chitty

Title:

Antonia White. Diaries 1926-1957

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1991

Vol:

I

Page:

127

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Antonia White, Susan Chitty (ed.), Antonia White. Diaries 1926-1957 (London, 1991), I, p. 127, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19744, accessed: 20 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Susan was later Susan Chitty, editor of AW's diaries.

   
   
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