Record Number: 23691

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'On the flyleaf of her novel she quoted from V. Sackville-West's pastoral poem, "The Land", a verse which testified to her abiding sense of the Yorkshire that made her.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1926 and 29 Sep 1935

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:

Winifred Holtby

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1898

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:

Vita Sackville-West

Title:

The Land

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

1926

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

23691

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Friendship

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

419

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 419, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=23691, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Vera Brittain is referring to Winifred Holtby and her novel "South Riding". The lines from "The Land" (published in 1926) which Winifred quoted on the flyleaf of her novel follow this extract.