Record Number: 27640
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Not until I read the fictitious account of this consultation four years afterwards in "South Riding" did I realise that the diagnosis then given her amounted to a verdict of early death, which she understood and accepted.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 31 Dec 1936
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:South Riding
Genre:Fiction, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1936
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:27640
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Experience
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:n/a
Page:72
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 72, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27640, accessed: 03 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Vera Brittain refers to Winifred Holtby's visit to a doctor in Harley Street in 1932, when she accompanied her. Vera stayed in the waiting room during the consultation.