Record Number: 17832
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Virginia Woolf to Vita Sackville-West, 8 January 1929: 'I've been reading Balzac, and Tolstoy. Practically every scene in Anna Karenina is branded on me, though I've not read it for 15 years.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1929 and 8 Jan 1929
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:25 Jan 1882
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:17832
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Joanne Trautmann Banks
Title:Congenial Spirits: The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1989
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Page:243
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Joanne Trautmann Banks (ed.), Congenial Spirits: The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1989), p. 243, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17832, accessed: 18 July 2024
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