Record Number: 21396

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I flung myself on my bed afterwards and tried to get some comfort from the volume of Wordsworth which had been the delight of my scholarship work in that long-ago that was already beginning to be labelled "pre-war".

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1915 and 31 Dec 1915

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Oxford
county: Oxfordshire
specific address: Somerville College
location in dwelling: Vera Brittain's bedroom

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:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Wordsworth

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

21396

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Youth

Place of Publication:

Great Britian

Date of Publication:

1978

Vol:

n/a

Page:

152-153

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, (Great Britian, 1978), p. 152-153, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21396, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

This reading experience takes place after a game of tennis.