Record Number: 22717

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In "The Leviathan" of Thomas Hobbes, one of the seventeenth-century philosophers whom we had studied in our classes on Political Science, she found for her quotation page a passage which exactly fitted the theme:'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1919 and 31 Dec 1922

Country:

England

Time

n/a

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:

Reader:

Winifred Holtby

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1898

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:

Thomas Hobbes

Title:

The Leviathan

Genre:

Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22717

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Friendship

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

96

Additional Comments:

A long quotation from The Leviathan follows.

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 96, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22717, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Winifred Holtby was undertaking research for a novel she hoped to write based on life in rural Yorkshire.