Record Number: 28354

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'She preferred to say - in words written ten years ago at the end of "The Waves" which might stand for her epitaph - "Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!"'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

From: 1 Apr 1941

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:

Virginia Woolf

Title:

The Waves

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book, Unknown

Publication Details

1931

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28354

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:

282

Additional Comments:

Vera Brittain is quoting from a memorial notice which she had written about Virginia Woolf shortly after her death at the end of March 1941.

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 282, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28354, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None