| Evidence: | 'On the flyleaf of her novel she quoted from V. Sackville-West's pastoral poem, "The Land", a verse which testified to her abiding sense of the Yorkshire that made her.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1926 and 29 Sep 1935 | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Winifred Holtby |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1898 |
| 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: | Vita Sackville-West |
| Title: | The Land |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | 1926 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 23691 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Friendship | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 419 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship (Great Britain, 1980), p. 419, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23691, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Vera Brittain is referring to Winifred Holtby and her novel "South Riding". The lines from "The Land" (published in 1926) which Winifred quoted on the flyleaf of her novel follow this extract. |
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