Record Number: 17990
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Friday 2 November 1917: 'I find it impossible to read after a railway journey; I cant open Dante or think of him without a shudder -- the cause being I think partly the enormous numbers of newspapers I've been reading in. Lottie [servant] brought me all the Times's which have accumulated [during absence].'
Century:1900-1945
Date:2 Nov 1917
Country:England
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Type of Experience(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:25 Jan 1882
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Agnostic
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:The Times
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Details29 October - 2 November 1917
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17990
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Anne Olivier Bell
Title:The Diary of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1977
Vol:1
Page:69
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1977), 1, p. 69, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17990, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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