Record Number: 23305

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'"I read "The Runners" last week," he continued, and told her that he had advised John Lane to refuse it.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1925 and 31 Dec 1925

Country:

England

Time

n/a

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:

John Priestley

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

13 Sep 1894

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:

JB Priestley

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Winifred Holtby

Title:

The Runners

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Manuscript of an unpublished novel.

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

n/a

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Source Information:

Record ID:

23305

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:

181

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 181, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=23305, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

JB Priestley was a reader for the publisher John Lane. The conversation quoted took place in a restaurant after Winifred Holtby had unexpectedly met Priestley in a bookshop in Kensington.