Record Number: 7731
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'We belong to our time and the most we can achieve as a rule is to be a generation ahead of it; if we tear up our roots how many can exist merely on air? Yet if people want to know what life was like for a poor scholar in one of the most opulent centuries England has known, they cannot do better than to study Molly?s [Hughes, A London Child of the Seventies] books. They are a record of an almost hopeless fight against prejudice when there was little chance for a woman, however brilliant her intellect, to get even a reasonably paid job. Today people find the Victorian age picturesque and amusing without understanding its cruelty. If they want a true photograph of part of it, they should consider what Molly had recorded.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1940 and 31 Dec 1946
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:2 Sep 1894
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer and critic
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:London Child of the Seventies, A
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Unknown
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Source Information:
Record ID:7731
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Title:The Days of Mars: A Memoir, 1940-1946
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1972
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Page:37
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Citation:
Bryher, The Days of Mars: A Memoir, 1940-1946, (London, 1972), p. 37, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7731, accessed: 22 November 2024
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