Record Number: 21779
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'A verse from Thomas Hardy's "In time of the Breaking of Nations" floated into my mind from the volume of his poems that Edward had sent me in Malta: "Only thin smoke without flame From the heaps of couch grass: Yet this will go onwards the same Though Dynasties pass."'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Sep 1917 and 30 Sep 1917
Country:France
Timeevening
Place:city: Etaples
other location: 'deep in the woods'
(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:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:In Time of the Breaking of Nations
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:21779
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Youth
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1978
Vol:n/a
Page:382-383
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, (Great Britain, 1978), p. 382-383, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21779, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Vera Brittain was remembering this reading experience while she was out with a friend (Hope Milroy) when they were off duty while nursing in a French Hospital. Edward was her brother.