Record Number: 18200
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'By the way, Harold and I both like Clifford Kitchin's murder book, and I shall recommend it on Thursday, so tell Leonard to notice if it affects sales.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 9 Mar 1892 and 28 Sep 1929
Country:England
Timen/a
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:Death of my Aunt
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPublished by the Hogarth Press
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18200
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:374-375
Additional Comments:
Quotation taken from a letter dated Saturday 28 September 1929 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. 374-375, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18200, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Additional reader Harold Nicolson, Vita Sackville-West's husband.
The editors note the title and publishers of the book in a footnote and record the author's name as C.H.B. Kitchin. They add that the book was reviewed by Vita in her broadcast of 3 October 1929.
Leonard was Virginia Woolf's husband. The Woolfs ran the Hogarth Press.
