Record Number: 21461
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'After following the progress of the new Allied expedition to Salonika, and studying with mixed feelings the competitive journalistic outbursts over the shooting of Nurse Cavell, the three of us read, rather sadly, in "The Times" of October 15th, the customary account of the opening of the Michaelmas term at Oxford, and speculated whether we should ever again see as students the grey walls clothed in their scarlet robes of autumn creeper.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:15 Oct 1915
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Buxton
county: Derbyshire
other location: Vera Brittain's parents' home
(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:The Times
Genre:Politics, Ephemera, news report
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper, Unknown
Publication Details15 October 1915
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:21461
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Youth
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1978
Vol:n/a
Page:203
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, (Great Britain, 1978), p. 203, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21461, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Vera Brittain was referring to her brother Edward, their friend Geoffrey and herself as "the three of us".