Record Number: 20892
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'During Preparation one wild autumn evening in St Monica's gymnasium, when the wind shook the unsubstantial walls and a tiny crescent of moon, glimpsed through a skylight in the roof, scudded in and out of the flying clouds, I first read Shelley's "Adonais", which taught me in the most startling and impressive fashion of my childhood's experience to perceive beauty embodied in literature, and made me finally determine to become the writer that I had dreamed of being ever since I was seven years old.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 29 Dec 1906 and 31 Dec 1912
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Kingswood
county: Surrey
specific address: St Monica's School
location in dwelling: Gymnasium
(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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:29 Dec 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Adonais
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:20892
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Youth
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1978
Vol:n/a
Page:40
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, (Great Britain, 1978), p. 40, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20892, accessed: 11 March 2025
Additional Comments:
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