Record Number: 21465

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'A boy thrust a "Star" into my hand, and, shivering with cold in the hot sunshine, I made myself read it.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1 Jul 1916

Country:

England

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: London
other location: outside Southwark Cathedral

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Vera Brittain

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

the 'Star' newspaper

Genre:

Ephemera, current affairs

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

published 1 July 1916

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

21465

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Youth

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1978

Vol:

n/a

Page:

276

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, (Great Britain, 1978), p. 276, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21465, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

Vera had attended a recital in Southwark Cathedral with her nursing colleague Betty on their afternoon off work. The newspaper article described the beginning of the Battle of the Somme.