Record Number: 18232

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Owing to his giving me the books, am now reading C by M. Baring. I am surprised to find it as good as it is. But how good is it? Easy to say it is not a great book. But what qualities does it lack? That it adds nothing to one's vision of life, perhaps. Yet it is hard to find a serious flaw.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 15 Jul 1926 and 31 Jul 1926

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Rodmell
county: Sussex

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Virginia Woolf

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Maurice Baring

Title:

C

Genre:

Fiction, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

2 vols, 1924 (US edition inscribed for Woolf by Baring)

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18232

Source:

Print

Author:

Virginia Woolf

Editor:

Anne Olivier Bell

Title:

The Diary of Virginia Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

3

Page:

102

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1980), 3, p. 102, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18232, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Evidence from headed, undated notes written by Woolf from her Sussex home between late July and early September 1926; see also p.102 n.23 in source for background on edition of text read.