Record Number: 22041

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We returned to England to read, in an evening newspaper bought at Folkestone, of the death of Lord Northcliffe, but a week later another death occurred which seemed, to us who went frequently to the Union Office, far more untimely and incongruous.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1922 and 31 Aug 1922

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

n/a

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:

newspaper

Genre:

newspaper report

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22041

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:

557-558

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, (Great Britain, 1978), p. 557-558, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22041, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

Vera Brittain was returning from a League of Nations Union Summer School in Geneva. The other death mentioned was that of a colleague from Somerville College, Oxford, named Elizabeth Murray.