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Record 28101

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'In the "Sunday Times" for September 12th, a letter of protest from Dame Marie Tempest had coincided with another from G., who described the contrasting practice of the Spaniards in the Civil War.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 12 Sep 1939
Country: England
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 Dec 1893
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: n/a
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: Marie Tempest
Title: [Letter published in the "Sunday Times"]
Genre: Reference / General works
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper, Unknown
Publication details: 12 September 1939
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 28101  
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: 222
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 222, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28101, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

Vera Brittain does not make it clear whether the letter from G., her husband George Catlin, was written to her or to the newspaper. Both letters commented on the Government's decision to close theatres and cinemas on he outbreak of war.

 

 

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