Record Number: 18053
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I lie in bed, and watch the fire on the ceiling, and hear the clock strike, and think how delicious it will be when you come to stay here - I read Haydon, and an excellent Cruickshank-ish book called Murder for Profit.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:25 Dec 1926
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Knole
county: Kent
location in dwelling: Bedroom
(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:9 Mar 1892
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Novelist
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Autobiography
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPublished 1847 (editor's footnote)
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18053
Source:Vita Sackville-West
Editor:Louise de Salvo
Title:The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:n/a
Page:172
Additional Comments:
Quotation taken from a letter dated Christmas-day [25 December 1926] written by Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf. Vita says earlier in the letter that she is spending Christmas in bed with influenza. Additional editor Mitchell A. Leaska.
Citation:
Vita Sackville-West, Louise de Salvo (ed.), The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf, (Great Britain, 1984), p. 172, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18053, accessed: 25 November 2024
Additional Comments:
'Murder for Profit' is described in a footnote as 'A famous detective story by W. Bolitho (1926).
