Record Number: 18329
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Vanessa [Bell] wrote [to her sister Virginia Woolf] from Charleston (n.d., Berg [Collection]): "I have been for the last 3 days completely submerged in The Waves -- & am left rather gasping, out of breath, choking, half drowned, as you might expect. I must read it again when I may hope to float more quietly -- but meanwhile I'm so overcome by the beauty ...'"
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 7 Oct 1931 and 17 Oct 1931
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:1879
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Painter
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 Waves
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details7 October 1931
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18329
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Anne Olivier Bell
Title:The Diary of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1982
Vol:4
Page:49 n.7
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1982), 4, p. 49 n.7, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18329, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Note accompanies Woolf's remark, in diary entry for 17 October 1931, that 'Nessa's enthusiasm is the brightest spot [in reception of The Waves]' (p.49).