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Record Number: 28461


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'But the real clue had been given by Howard Spring in an unpretentious article which appeared in "St. Martin's Review", the monthly magazine of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, for September 1942.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

From: 1 Sep 1942

Country:

England

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:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Howard Spring

Title:

Article in "St Martin's Review"

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

1942

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

28461

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:

371

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 371, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28461, accessed: 20 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Vera Brittain goes on to quote from this article.

   
   
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