Record Number: 22100

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'So I turned, as often, for help and advice to Mrs.Gaskell's "Life of Charlotte Bronte", which Winifred and I had read and admired together.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 29 Dec 1893 and 29 Mar 1970

Country:

unknown

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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 Mar 1893

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

unknown

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Elizabeth Gaskell

Title:

Life of Charlotte Bronte

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22100

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Friendship

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

2

Additional Comments:

Quotation taken from the Prologue.

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship (Great Britain, 1980), p. 2, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22100, accessed: 29 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

Vera Brittain is seeking advice about aspects of writing the biography of her friend Winifred Holtby from Mrs Gaskell's book.