Record Number: 22044

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Yesterday I read bits of Barbellion, whose life seemd to be filled, like mine, with rejected manuscripts.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

23 Dec 1922

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

W.N.P. Barbellion

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22044

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:

598

Additional Comments:

Quotation taken from a letter written by Vera Brittain to Winifred Holtby, dated 24 December 1922.

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, (Great Britain, 1978), p. 598, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22044, accessed: 24 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None