Record Number: 33471
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In the afternoon came Barishnikov with his daughter Alexandra.... He has lent me a book called I Married a Russian. ' [538] 'I Married a Russian has charmed us all. An educated English girl fell in love with a Russian scientist at Cambridge Cavendish Lab. She married him and arrived in time to enjoy bugs and lack of every comfort!' [540]
Century:1900-1945
Date:8 Oct 1944
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: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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:I Married a Russian: Letters from Kharkov
Genre:Autobiog / Diary, Letters
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Allen & Unwin, 1944
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
Source Information:
Record ID:33471
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:538, 540-1.
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. 538, 540-1., http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33471, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
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