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Record 21891

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'On Sunday morning, June 16th, I opened the "Observer", which appeared to be chiefly concerned with the new offensive - for the moment at a standstill - in the Noyon-Montdidier sector of the Western Front, and instantly saw at the head of a column the paragraph for which I had looked so long and so fearfully.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 16 Jun 1918
Country: England
Time: morning
Place: city: London
location in dwelling: Dining room
other location: Vera Brittain's parents' flat
   
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, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: The Observer
Genre: Ephemera, newspaper report
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: published 16 June 1918
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 21891  
Source - Print  
  Author: Vera Brittain
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Testament of Youth
  Place of Publication: Great Britain
  Date of Publication: 1978
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 435-436
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 435-436, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21891, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

Vera Brittain goes on to quote a paragraph which refers to the violent fighting on the Italian front where her brother Edward was serving with the Sherwood Foresters.

 

 

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