Record Number: 20889
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In front of the fire, the little plump cook read the evening paper aloud to the housemaid. "'The Queen is now asleep,'" she quoted in sepulchral tones, while I, absorbed with my crayons, reamined busily unaware that so much more than a reign was ending, and that the long age of effulgent prosperity into which I had been born was to break up in thirteen years' time with an explosion which would reverberate through my personal life to the end of my days.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 21 Jan 1901 and 31 Jan 1901
Country:England
Timeafternoon: 'a grey January afternoon'
Place:city: Macclesfield
county: Cheshire
location in dwelling: kitchen
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Servant
Occupation:cook
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
The housemaid and Vera Brittain
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:evening paper
Genre:Politics, Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication DetailsJanuary 1901
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:20889
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Youth
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1978
Vol:n/a
Page:22
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, (Great Britain, 1978), p. 22, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20889, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
The cook is reading a newspaper report about the death of Queen Victoria.