Record Number: 33450

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"Just read Atlantic Ordeal, the account of Mary Cornish's eight days in the Atlantic with the little boys from the City of Benares, in the lifeboat. Gets no better on reading it.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

31 May 1942

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
county: Middlesex
specific address: 79 Ladbroke Road

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:

Vere Hodgson

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Elspeth Huxley

Title:

Atlantic Ordeal: The Story of Mary Cornish

Genre:

History, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Chatto & Windus, 1942

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33450

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

288

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. 288, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33450, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None