Record Number: 21461

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'After following the progress of the new Allied expedition to Salonika, and studying with mixed feelings the competitive journalistic outbursts over the shooting of Nurse Cavell, the three of us read, rather sadly, in "The Times" of October 15th, the customary account of the opening of the Michaelmas term at Oxford, and speculated whether we should ever again see as students the grey walls clothed in their scarlet robes of autumn creeper.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

15 Oct 1915

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Buxton
county: Derbyshire
other location: Vera Brittain's parents' home

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:

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Times

Genre:

Politics, Ephemera, news report

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper, Unknown

Publication Details

15 October 1915

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

21461

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:

203

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 203, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21461, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Vera Brittain was referring to her brother Edward, their friend Geoffrey and herself as "the three of us".