Record Number: 27794

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'At the time of her death I had read only part of "South Riding", which was to bring her back to me, and I found no reason to change the words which I had written in my notebook as she lay dying.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1935 and 31 Oct 1935

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Fowey
county: Cornwall

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:

Winifred Holtby

Title:

South Riding

Genre:

Fiction, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: typescript

Publication Details

1936

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27794

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:

134

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 134, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27794, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Winifred Holtby, Vera Brittain's close friend, had died in London on 29th September 1935. Vera was in Cornwall shortly after this and had started to read the typescript of "South Riding".