Evidence: | 'So I turned, as often, for help and advice to Mrs.Gaskell's "Life of Charlotte Bronte", which Winifred and I had read and admired together.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 29 Dec 1893 and 29 Mar 1970 | ||||||||||
Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Vera Brittain |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 29 Mar 1893 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | writer |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | unknown |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Elizabeth Gaskell |
Title: | Life of Charlotte Bronte |
Genre: | Biography |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 22100 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Vera Brittain | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Testament of Friendship | |
Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 2 | |
Additional comments: | Quotation taken from the Prologue. |
Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship (Great Britain, 1980), p. 2, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22100, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
Vera Brittain is seeking advice about aspects of writing the biography of her friend Winifred Holtby from Mrs Gaskell's book. |
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