Record Number: 28353

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Two days afterwards I wrote to Clare during an air raid, enclosing a paragraph about her parents from the "Star Man's Diary" and a short appreciation which I had vainly sent to "The Times".

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

From: 1 Jan 1900

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 Dec 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:

Title:

"Star Man's Diary"

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

Regular gossip column published in the London "Star".

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28353

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:

272

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 272, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28353, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Vera Brittain wrote this letter to Clare, who was the sister of her fiance Roland Leighton, killed in the First World War, when she heard about the death of her mother, Marie Connor Leighton.