Record Number: 33432
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Sat by the fire and read the Ranee of Sarawak's biography. Cannot think why she had such awful daughters.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:9 Nov 1940
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
county: Middlesex
specific address: 56 Ladbroke Road
(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:1901
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Social worker
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Sylvia of Sarawak: An Autobiography
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Hutchinson, 1936
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33432
Source:Vere Hodgson
Editor:n/a
Title:Few Eggs and No Oranges: A Diary Showing How Unimportant People in London and Birmingham Lived through the War Years, 1940-45, Written in the Notting Hill Area of London
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1999
Vol:n/a
Page:83
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Vere Hodgson, Few Eggs and No Oranges: A Diary Showing How Unimportant People in London and Birmingham Lived through the War Years, 1940-45, Written in the Notting Hill Area of London, (London, 1999), p. 83, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33432, accessed: 25 November 2024
Additional Comments:
I think the book I have named is most likely to be the one to which Hodgson is referring, but it is possible one of these two other books is meant: Margaret Brooke, Rani of Sarawak, My Life in Sarawak (London: Methuen 1913); Gladys Brooke, Dayang Muda of Sarawak, Relations & Complications (London: John Lane 1929).
