Record Number: 23644

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I stayed behind in the waiting-room, reading a favourable review in "Punch" of Phyllis Bentley's newly published novel , "Inheritance", which Winifred had voted "magnificent," and never dreamed that sentence of death was being passed upon her behind the closed door.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Apr 1932 and 30 Apr 1932

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
location in dwelling: doctor's waiting room

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:

Punch

Genre:

Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

23644

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:

329

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 329, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=23644, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

Vera Brittain refers to Winifred Holtby's visit to her specialist in London, when she and their own doctor accompanied her. A footnote adds that this article was republished in "Pavements at Anderby", written by Winifred, as "Machiavelli in the Sickroom".