Record Number: 21396
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I flung myself on my bed afterwards and tried to get some comfort from the volume of Wordsworth which had been the delight of my scholarship work in that long-ago that was already beginning to be labelled "pre-war".
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1915 and 31 Dec 1915
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Oxford
county: Oxfordshire
specific address: Somerville College
location in dwelling: Vera Brittain's bedroom
(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: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:unknown
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:21396
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Youth
Place of Publication:Great Britian
Date of Publication:1978
Vol:n/a
Page:152-153
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, (Great Britian, 1978), p. 152-153, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21396, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
This reading experience takes place after a game of tennis.