Record Number: 33465

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'At Radlett over the week-end. Read some of Maurois' The Fall of France. I remember poor Maurois making his way to England and giving that last despairing broadcast. He asked us to send our last plane and last gun to France. A nice mess we should have been in if we had.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 12 May 1944 and 14 May 1944

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
county: Middlesex
specific address: 79 Ladbroke Road

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:

Vere Hodgson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

André Maurois

Title:

The Battle of France

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: John Lane, 1940

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33465

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

473

Additional Comments:

n/a

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. 473, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33465, accessed: 04 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None