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Record 22108

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'In a short vignette called "Harking Back to Long Ago", Winifred describes how she and Grace, aged four and six and a half, lay awake on Christmas Eve gazing through the square uncurtained window at the frosty constellations of the winter stars.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jan 1902 and 29 Mar 1970
Country: unknown
Time: n/a
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: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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Winifred Holtby
Title: Harking Back to Long Ago
Genre: Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 22108  
Source - Print  
  Author: Vera Brittain
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Testament of Friendship
  Place of Publication: Great Britain
  Date of Publication: 1980
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 16
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship (Great Britain, 1980), p. 16, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22108, accessed: 19 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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