Record Number: 14127

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'One must know Hemingway if one is to understand post war writing. I read too ?The Open Secret?. Oliver Onions was a great favourite of mine once. He was a past master of the topical novel.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1935 and 30 Sep 1935

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Birkenhead

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:

Winifred Agnes Moore

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

23 Feb 1877

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Teacher and Labour Councilor

Religion:

Quaker

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

nee Booth

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Oliver Onions

Title:

The Open Secret

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

14127

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Winifred Agnes Moore [nee Booth]

Title:

MS Letters from Winifred Moore, 1928-1941

Location:

private collection

Call No:

September 1935

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

Letter to her daughter in law, Lesley Edna Moore, dated Sept 1935.

Citation:

Winifred Agnes Moore [nee Booth], MS Letters from Winifred Moore, 1928-1941, private collection, September 1935, n/a, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14127, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

This material copyright Shirley Gould Smith and Andrew Neill Vanson Moore.