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Record Number: 28407

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'At the end of October, a paragraph by the "Daily Mail" Correspondent in Lisbon "revealed" the peril which she and her fellow evacuees were fortunate to survive.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1943 and 31 Oct 1943

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

Vera Brittain

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[Report in the "Daily Mail"]

Genre:

newspaper report

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

1943

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28407

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Experience

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

321

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 321, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28407, accessed: 24 March 2026

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Additional Comments:

Vera Brittain refers to her daughter, Shirley, who was travelling home from America in September 1943. She goes on to quote an extract from the newspaper report.