| Evidence: | 'Whenever we felt too tired even to manufacture the ribald witticisms of the Going-Down play, we took it in turns to read Professor A. F. Pollard's ironic "History of England" or Lytton Strachey's newly published "Queen Victoria" aloud to each other, while the sun sank splendidly behind the willows.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jun 1921 and 30 Jun 1921 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Oxford county: Oxfordshire |
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| Reading Group: | Vera Brittain and her fellow students |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | n/a |
| Occupation: | students |
| Religion: | various |
| Country of origin: | various |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | Several students were jointly writing the Going-Down play. |
| Author: | A.F. Pollard |
| Title: | History of England |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book, Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21952 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Youth | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 514 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 514, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21952, accessed: 01 May 2024 | |
| The additional text mentioned is Lytton Strachey's "Queen Victoria". |
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