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Record 13894

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I had been reading Mary Border's book "Passport for a girl" and the day following my dream, I was interested to read in Page 201 describing the Austrian Anschluss, how old men and pregnant women were kept marching round till they dripped from exhaustion.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: unknown
Country: England
Time: night
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: unknown
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Teacher
Religion: unknown
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Mary Border
Title: Passport for a girl
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 13894  
Source - Manuscript Other
  Author: File Report A20, Date July 1939, Title BAD DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES, p. 11, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk ,

Citation: File Report A20, Date July 1939, Title BAD DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES, p. 11, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13894, accessed: 25 April 2024

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