Record Number: 28286
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'That night three calls from newspaper offices were put through to my bedroom; next morning the front page of "Il Secolo" carried an account of my arrival. I also read a description of my fellow train-traveller, Eve Curie, a handsome woman in her thirties whose biography of her mother had been a recent best seller.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 5 Jan 1940 and 10 Jan 1940
Country:Portugal
Timemorning
Place:city: Lisbon
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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:Portugal
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Il Secolo
Genre:current affairs
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Details1940
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28286
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Experience
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:n/a
Page:231
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 231, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28286, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None