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Record Number: 27070


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Shortly after we arrived, a writer in "Harper's Magazine" inquired, "Is this a Christian land?" and went on to comment regretfully: "Many of us seem almost hopelessly enamoured of a religion that is little better than a sanctified commercialism....Self-interest bulks large as the fuel which makes the present economic machine go."'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1925 and 31 Oct 1925

Country:

America

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Ithaca
county: New York State

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:

America

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Harper's Magazine

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

1925

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

27070

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Experience

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

30

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 30, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27070, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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