Record Number: 18544
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Tuesday 1 May 1934: 'L. opening the first Times to come our way, said George Duckworth is dead. So he is. And I feel the usual incongruous shades of feeling [goes on to reflect further on Duckworth and his death]'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:1 May 1934
Country:Ireland
Timen/a
Place:city: Waterville
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:Male
Date of Birth:1880
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:agnostic
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Ireland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:report of death of George Duckworth
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication DetailsIn The Times, 28 April 1934
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18544
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Anne Olivier Bell
Title:The Diary of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1982
Vol:4
Page:211
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1982), 4, p. 211, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18544, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Sir George Duckworth half-brother to Virginia Woolf.