Record Number: 27640

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Not until I read the fictitious account of this consultation four years afterwards in "South Riding" did I realise that the diagnosis then given her amounted to a verdict of early death, which she understood and accepted.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 31 Dec 1936

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:

Vera Brittain

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

29 Dec 1893

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:

Winifred Holtby

Title:

South Riding

Genre:

Fiction, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1936

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27640

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Experience

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

72

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 72, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27640, accessed: 28 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Vera Brittain refers to Winifred Holtby's visit to a doctor in Harley Street in 1932, when she accompanied her. Vera stayed in the waiting room during the consultation.