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Record Number: 28286


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'That night three calls from newspaper offices were put through to my bedroom; next morning the front page of "Il Secolo" carried an account of my arrival. I also read a description of my fellow train-traveller, Eve Curie, a handsome woman in her thirties whose biography of her mother had been a recent best seller.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 5 Jan 1940 and 10 Jan 1940

Country:

Portugal

Time

morning

Place:

city: Lisbon

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:

Portugal

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Il Secolo

Genre:

current affairs

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

1940

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

28286

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:

231

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 231, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28286, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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