Record Number: 23646

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'"I am going to call attention in this department," it ran, "to the fact that the most informing - and upsetting - book to read to-day on the Abyssinian crisis is "Mandoa, Mandoa!" I wrote the review in "Books"; this summer I bought the English edition to re-read in the light of present events. Heavens, how well it stood the test!"'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1935 and 30 Sep 1935

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:

May Lamberton-Becker

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

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:

Mandoa, Mandoa!

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1933

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

23646

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Friendship

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

347

Additional Comments:

Quotation taken from a letter written by May Lamberton Becker of the "New York Herald-Tribune "Books" to Winifred Holtby and received by her in the summer of 1935.

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 347, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=23646, accessed: 03 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

None