Record Number: 18711

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Tuesday 3 September 1918: 'Last night, L[eonard]. read Hardy's poems aloud.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

2 Sep 1918

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

n/a

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:

Leonard Woolf

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1880

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Jewish

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Virginia Woolf

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Hardy

Title:

poems

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18711

Source:

Print

Author:

Virginia Woolf

Editor:

Anne Olivier Bell

Title:

The Diary of Virginia Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1977

Vol:

1

Page:

188

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1977), 1, p. 188, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18711, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None