Record Number: 18222
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Monday 1 June 1925: 'Now comes Mrs Hardy to say that Thomas reads, & hears the C[ommon]. R[eader]. read, with "great pleasure".'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1925 and 1 Jun 1925
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Listener: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1840
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Church of England
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 Details1925
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18222
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Anne Olivier Bell
Title:The Diary of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:3
Page:25
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1980), 3, p. 25, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18222, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Source ed. notes that Woolf refers to letter of 31 May 1925, from Florence Hardy; see p.25 n.2. Florence Hardy likely to have been reader in case where Hardy the listener to this text.