Record Number: 21381
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Had I realised when I read it that its author was even then portentously engaged in rallying the anti-suffrage forces, it might have influenced me less, but I remained ignorant until some years later of Mrs. Ward's political machinations, and her book converted me from an unquestioning if somewhat indifferent church-goer into an anxiously interrogative agnostic.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 29 Dec 1908 and 29 Dec 1912
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Kingswood
county: Surrey
specific address: St Monica's School
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Robert Elsmere
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:21381
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Youth
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1978
Vol:n/a
Page:41
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 41, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21381, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Vera Brittain refers to Mary Ward as Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the name she wrote under. The age range covers her age from fifteen to eighteen as she says earlier in the chapter that she includes this book as one of three works which influenced her between these ages.