Record Number: 18063
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'then the old problem: what shall I read at dinner, propped open by a fork? decide finally on Virginia, grab the common reader, a pair of spectacles, a pencil, go in to dinner,'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 9 Mar 1892 and 29 May 1926
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Weald, Sevenoaks
county: Kent
specific address: Long Barn
(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:The Common Reader
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPublished 23 April 1925 by the Hogarth Press
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:18063
Source:Vita Sackville-West
Editor:Louise DeSalvo
Title:The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:n/a
Page:138
Additional Comments:
Quotation taken from a letter dated 29 May 1926 written by Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf. Additional editor Mitchell A. Leaska.
Citation:
Vita Sackville-West, Louise DeSalvo (ed.), The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf, (Great Britain, 1984), p. 138, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18063, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
This is part of a long sentence in which Vita lists and reflects on the ways in which she is spending her time at Long Barn during this period.