| Evidence: | 'Spent glorious morning doing book [i.e. sorting bookcase] & enjoying myself thoroughly. Bought "Balletomania" at long last, and am so thrilled as have wanted it for ages. Am re-reading "Peter Abelard" & again it is far and away the best book I have ever read. Have saved ?2 for next hol's book buying!'
NB "Balletomania" does not appear on the list of books read during 1944 at the end of the diary. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 19 Sep 1944 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Darlington county: Co.Durham |
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| Reader: | Hilary Spalding |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 4 Sep 1927 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | daughter of clergyman, later schoolmistress and Head of English |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Helen Waddell |
| Title: | Peter Abelard |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6777 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Hilary Spalding | |
| Title: | MS Diary 1944 | |
| Location: | Private Collection of Mrs Hilary Adams | |
| Call no: | n/a | |
| Page/folio: | n/a |
| Citation: | Hilary Spalding, MS Diary 1944 Private Collection of Mrs Hilary Adams, p. n/a, p. n/a, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6777, accessed: 02 June 2023 | |
| This was at least a second reading of "Peter Abelard". |
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