Record Number: 18720
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Sunday 21 September 1919: 'By paying 5/ I have become a member of the Lewes public library. It is an amusing place -- full of old ghosts; books half way to decomposition [...] I could not resist Mrs Ward, & I stand in her unconscionably long hours, as if she were a bath of tepid water that one lacks the courage to leave [goes on to comment further on Ward's autobiography].'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Sep 1919 and 21 Sep 1919
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Sussex
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: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
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Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A Writer's Recollections
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsAutumn 1918
Provenanceborrowed (public library)
Source Information:
Record ID:18720
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Anne Olivier Bell
Title:The Diary of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1977
Vol:1
Page:300
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1977), 1, p. 300, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18720, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
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