Record Number: 27642

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'After reading these books, I began to ask: "Why should these young men have the war to themselves? Didn't women have their war as well?"

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

From: 1 Jan 1928

Country:

unknown

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:

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:

unknown

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[books on war topics]

Genre:

Politics, various titles about the First World War

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27642

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Experience

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

77

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 77, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27642, accessed: 21 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

Vera Brittain refers to a list of war books published in Europe and America: "Goodbye to All That", "Death of a Hero", "All Quiet on the Western Front", "A Farewell to Arms", "Undertones of War" and "Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man".