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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Record Number: 33460


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Tuesday visited a little girl in University College Hospital. . . . She was in a bomb-proof basement and looked blooming and happy, reading Angela Brazil.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

2 Feb 1943

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
county: Middlesex
specific address: Gower Street, University College Hospital
location in dwelling: Basement

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Anon Anon

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1 Jan

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA
Child of poor family known to Hodgson through welfare work

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Angela Brazil

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

33460

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:

357

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. 357, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33460, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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