Record Number: 23642
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'At that time Winifred's Derbyshire contemporary, the poet and novelist Thomas Moult, was editing a series of "Modern Writers on Modern Writers". When he invited her to contribute a volume and choose her own author, she selected Virginia Woolf, whose novels she had always admired, as a deliberate exercise in intellectual discipline.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1931 and 31 Dec 1932
Country:unknown
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Fiction, Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:23642
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Friendship
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1980
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Page:308
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Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 308, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=23642, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Just before this quotation Vera Brittain states that Winifred Holtby took the manuscript of her critical study of Virginia Woolf's work on holiday to Brittany with her in the summer of 1931.