Record Number: 28350
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Among 200 reviews and notices, another clipping from the "Yorkshire Post" remarked on the astonishing persistence with which Winifred remained "news" when so many writers, once dead, were forgotten.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:From: 27 Jan 1940
Country:America
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:America
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Yorkshire Post
Genre:newspaper review
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Details1940
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:28350
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Experience
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:n/a
Page:240
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 240, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28350, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Vera Brittain received this clipping while she was in America. The newspaper review refers to her recently published book "Testament of Friendship", an account of her friendship with Winifred Holtby.