| Evidence: | 'Sometimes when I think ... of the Dream-city, with its grey towers and autumn sunsets, and the little room where surrounded by books I used to read "Tess of the D'Urbervilles before a glowing fire at twelve o'clock at night, I can only cry inwardly: "I [italics] hate [end italics] nursing! How tired I am of this War - will it never end!"' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 29 Dec 1893 and 27 Jun 1915 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | night: 'twelve o'clock at night' | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Oxford county: Oxfordshire specific address: Somerville College location in dwelling: Vera Brittain's room |
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| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Title: | Tess of the D'Urbervilles |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book, Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21460 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Youth | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 202 | |
| Additional comments: | Quotation taken from a letter written by Vera Brittain to Roland Leighton in October 1915. |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 202, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21460, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
| Earlier in the chapter Vera Brittain says that she had left Oxford and started nursing on 27 June 1915. This helps to establish the date range of this reading experience. |
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