Record Number: 33450
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"Just read Atlantic Ordeal, the account of Mary Cornish's eight days in the Atlantic with the little boys from the City of Benares, in the lifeboat. Gets no better on reading it.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:31 May 1942
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
county: Middlesex
specific address: 79 Ladbroke Road
(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:1 Jan 1901
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Social worker
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Atlantic Ordeal: The Story of Mary Cornish
Genre:History, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Chatto & Windus, 1942
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33450
Source:Vere Hodgson
Editor:n/a
Title:Few Eggs and No Oranges: A Diary Showing How Unimportant People in London and Birmingham Lived through the War Years, 1940-45, Written in the Notting Hill Area of London
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1999
Vol:n/a
Page:288
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Vere Hodgson, Few Eggs and No Oranges: A Diary Showing How Unimportant People in London and Birmingham Lived through the War Years, 1940-45, Written in the Notting Hill Area of London, (London, 1999), p. 288, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33450, accessed: 09 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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