Record Number: 28353
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Two days afterwards I wrote to Clare during an air raid, enclosing a paragraph about her parents from the "Star Man's Diary" and a short appreciation which I had vainly sent to "The Times".
Century:1900-1945
Date:From: 1 Jan 1900
Country:unknown
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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:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:"Star Man's Diary"
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication DetailsRegular gossip column published in the London "Star".
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28353
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Experience
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:n/a
Page:272
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 272, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28353, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Vera Brittain wrote this letter to Clare, who was the sister of her fiance Roland Leighton, killed in the First World War, when she heard about the death of her mother, Marie Connor Leighton.