Record Number: 33441
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Went to Rye one lovely hot day. Glorious Sussex cottages covered with roses. Brought E. F. Benson's book with me. Lamb House, where he lived, had been bombed — but not out of existence.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 6 Jul 1941 and 13 Jul 1941
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Brede
county: Sussex
specific address
(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:1 Jan 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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Miss Mapp
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Hutchinson, 1922
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33441
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:191
Additional Comments:
n/a
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. 191, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33441, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
This identification of the particular book referred to is slightly speculative, but the novel is the first of a series of novels by Benson depicting Rye as Tilling.
