Record Number: 18453
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am reading Proust, and dislike his mentality more and more. I get the sense of that flabby, diseased, asthmatic man, all frowsty in bed till evening, and preoccupied with such contemptible things - nothing but women and snobbery.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 9 Mar 1892 and 8 Dec 1925
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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Autobiog / Diary, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18453
Source:Vita Sackville-West
Editor:Nigel Nicolson
Title:Vita and Harold
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1992
Vol:n/a
Page:133
Additional Comments:
Quotation taken from a letter dated 8 December 1925 written by Vita Sackville-West to Harold Nicolson.
Citation:
Vita Sackville-West, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), Vita and Harold, (Great Britain, 1992), p. 133, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18453, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
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