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Record Number: 21386


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'During the next few weeks I spent a good many troubled, speculative, exciting hours with the little volume clasped in my hands.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 29 Dec 1893 and 29 Mar 1970

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Lake District

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:

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Olive Schreiner

Title:

The Story of an African Farm

Genre:

Fiction, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

21386

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Youth

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1978

Vol:

n/a

Page:

84

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 84, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21386, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

This book was sent as a gift to Vera Brittain when she was on holiday in the Lake District.

   
   
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