Record Number: 28350

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Among 200 reviews and notices, another clipping from the "Yorkshire Post" remarked on the astonishing persistence with which Winifred remained "news" when so many writers, once dead, were forgotten.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

From: 27 Jan 1940

Country:

America

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 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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Yorkshire Post

Genre:

newspaper review

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

1940

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28350

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:

240

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 240, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28350, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Vera Brittain received this clipping while she was in America. The newspaper review refers to her recently published book "Testament of Friendship", an account of her friendship with Winifred Holtby.