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Record 27770

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'As he left Frankfort the passengers in the train were discussing the break-up of the Disarmament Conference, and in London a "Times" editorial reproved the Fuhrer like an outraged schoolmaster upbraiding a recalcitrant pupil.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jan 1933 and 31 Dec 1933
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London
   
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 Times
Genre: Politics, newspaper editorial
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: 1933
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 27770  
Source - Print  
  Author: Vera Brittain
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Testament of Experience
  Place of Publication: Great Britain
  Date of Publication: 1980
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 101
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 101, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27770, accessed: 27 April 2024

Additional comments:

Vera Brittain refers to her husband's visit to Frankfurt in 1933. I have used the spelling 'Frankfort' as written in the text.

 

 

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