Record Number: 28463

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I recalled Ruskin's words in the Preface to "Sesame and Lilies": "Let heart-sickness pass beyond a certain point and the heart loses its life for ever."'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1900 and 20 Oct 1945

Country:

unknown

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Vera Brittain

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:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Ruskin

Title:

Sesame and Lilies

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1865

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28463

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Experience

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

396

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 396, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28463, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None