Record Number: 28439

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'These included excerpts from the "News Chronicle" and "Manchester Guardian", which reported that a so-called "article" of mine on saturation bombing, supported by a signed statement from twenty-eight Protestant "leaders of opinion", had created a "furore" in the United States, and had even inspired three and a half columns of adverse criticism in the "New York Times".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

From: 10 Mar 1944

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Allum Green, New Forest
county: Hampshire

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:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Manchester Guardian

Genre:

History, Reference / General works, newspaper reports on the reception of "Massacre by Bombing"

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

published before March 10th 1944

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28439

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:

331

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 331, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28439, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Vera Brittain states that she received a bunch of press clippings, including these extracts, on March 10th, 1944.