Record Number: 27609
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I had hesitated, knowing that "The New Statesman" and "The Week-end Review" regarded each other as rivals; two days later I agreed to write the notice, and subsequently reviewed a number of well-known books which included Storm Jameson's autobiographical "No Time Like the Present".'
Century:1900-1945
Date:From: 1 Jan 1930
Country:unknown
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:No Time Like the Present
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1933
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:27609
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Experience
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:n/a
Page:65
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 65, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27609, accessed: 09 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Vera Brittain had been asked by the editor of "The Week-end Review" to write a criticism of Sylvia Pankhurst's "The Suffragette Movement". This was the title about which she hesitated and then agreed to write the notice.