Record Number: 21891

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'On Sunday morning, June 16th, I opened the "Observer", which appeared to be chiefly concerned with the new offensive - for the moment at a standstill - in the Noyon-Montdidier sector of the Western Front, and instantly saw at the head of a column the paragraph for which I had looked so long and so fearfully.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

16 Jun 1918

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: London
location in dwelling: Dining room
other location: Vera Brittain's parents' flat

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 Observer

Genre:

Ephemera, newspaper report

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

published 16 June 1918

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

21891

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:

435-436

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, (Great Britain, 1978), p. 435-436, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21891, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

Vera Brittain goes on to quote a paragraph which refers to the violent fighting on the Italian front where her brother Edward was serving with the Sherwood Foresters.