Record Number: 28354
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'She preferred to say - in words written ten years ago at the end of "The Waves" which might stand for her epitaph - "Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!"'
Century:1900-1945
Date:From: 1 Apr 1941
Country:unknown
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:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Waves
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book, Unknown
Publication Details1931
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28354
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Experience
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:n/a
Page:282
Additional Comments:
Vera Brittain is quoting from a memorial notice which she had written about Virginia Woolf shortly after her death at the end of March 1941.
Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 282, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28354, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
None