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Record Number: 28404


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'His books, "On Two Fronts" and "Letters of a Prisoner", described those early experiences.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

From: 1 Jan 1918

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


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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Corder Catchpool

Title:

On Two Fronts: Letters of a Prisoner.

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1918 (On Two Fronts), 1941 (Letters of a Prisoner)

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

28404

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:

303

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 303, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28404, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

The extract refers to Corder Catchpool.

   
   
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