Record Number: 21952

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Whenever we felt too tired even to manufacture the ribald witticisms of the Going-Down play, we took it in turns to read Professor A. F. Pollard's ironic "History of England" or Lytton Strachey's newly published "Queen Victoria" aloud to each other, while the sun sank splendidly behind the willows.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1921 and 30 Jun 1921

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Oxford
county: Oxfordshire

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:

Reading Group:

Vera Brittain and her fellow students

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

n/a

Occupation:

students

Religion:

various

Country of Origin:

various

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:

A.F. Pollard

Title:

History of England

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Print: Book, Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

21952

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:

514

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, (Great Britain, 1978), p. 514, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21952, accessed: 31 January 2025

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Additional Comments:

The additional text mentioned is Lytton Strachey's "Queen Victoria". Several students were jointly writing the Going-Down play.