Record Number: 28407
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'At the end of October, a paragraph by the "Daily Mail" Correspondent in Lisbon "revealed" the peril which she and her fellow evacuees were fortunate to survive.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Oct 1943 and 31 Oct 1943
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
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:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[Report in the "Daily Mail"]
Genre:newspaper report
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Details1943
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28407
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Experience
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:n/a
Page:321
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 321, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28407, accessed: 28 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Vera Brittain refers to her daughter, Shirley, who was travelling home from America in September 1943. She goes on to quote an extract from the newspaper report.