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

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Winifred Holtby : Virginia Woolf

'In some respects this little work of criticism is the profoundest of Winifred's books.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Vera Brittain      Print: Book

Winifred Holtby : Mandoa, Mandoa!

'"I am going to call attention in this department," it ran, "to the fact that the most informing - and upsetting - book to read to-day on the Abyssinian crisis is "Mandoa, Mandoa!" I wrote the review in "Books"; this summer I bought the English edition to re-read in the light of present events. Heavens, how well it stood the test!"'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: May Lamberton-Becker      Print: Book

Winifred Holtby : South Riding

'Not until I read the fictitious account of this consultation four years afterwards in "South Riding" did I realise that the diagnosis then given her amounted to a verdict of early death, which she understood and accepted.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Vera Brittain      Print: Book

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