Record Number: 27794
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'At the time of her death I had read only part of "South Riding", which was to bring her back to me, and I found no reason to change the words which I had written in my notebook as she lay dying.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Oct 1935 and 31 Oct 1935
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Fowey
county: Cornwall
(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:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:South Riding
Genre:Fiction, Politics
Form of Text:Print: typescript
Publication Details1936
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:27794
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Experience
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:n/a
Page:134
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 134, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27794, accessed: 03 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Winifred Holtby, Vera Brittain's close friend, had died in London on 29th September 1935. Vera was in Cornwall shortly after this and had started to read the typescript of "South Riding".