the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Angela Brazil : [school stories]

'Angela Brazil inspired Kathleen Betterton (whose father operated a lift in the London Underground) to ascend the scholarship ladder to Christ's Hospital in Hertford and thence to Oxford University. The Brazil stories, she wrote "conjured up muddled visions of midnight picnics, sweet girl prefects, hockey, house matches and exploits that saved the honour of the school. It never occurred to me that Mother and Father might be hurt by my anxiety to leave home".'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Kathleen Betterton      Print: Book

Angela Brazil : [unknown]

'Tuesday visited a little girl in University College Hospital. . . . She was in a bomb-proof basement and looked blooming and happy, reading Angela Brazil.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Anon Anon      Print: Book

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