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Record Number: 21892


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'There followed a quotation from the correspondent of the Corriere della Sera, who described "the Austrian attack on the Italian positions in the neighbourhood of the Tonale Pass".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

16 Jun 1918

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: London
location in dwelling: Dining room
other location: Vera Brittain's parents' flat

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:

Title:

The Observer

Genre:

Ephemera, newspaper report

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

published 16 June 1918

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

21892

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:

436

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 436, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21892, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Vera Brittain goes on to quote an extract from the Italian newspaper describing the attack by the Austrian Army on the Italian front where her brother Edward was serving with the Sherwood Foresters.

   
   
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