Record Number: 2206

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

girls' school stories came in for heavy and sustained attack, and at one stage in my life I painfully hankered after them. There was one in particular, 'Ursula's Last Term', which was in the school library and which I ordered almost every week on my library list and read in secret. It was an addiction...

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1930 and 31 Dec 1939

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Exmouth

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:

Patricia Beer

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

4 Nov 1919

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

daughter of railway clerk

Religion:

Plymouth Brethern

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:

Title:

Ursula's Last Term

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (institution library)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2206

Source:

Print

Author:

Patricia Beer

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Mrs Beer's House

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1968

Vol:

n/a

Page:

97

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Patricia Beer, Mrs Beer's House, (London, 1968), p. 97, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2206, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None