Record Number: 18728

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Sunday 19 January 1936: 'I went up to an elderly stout woman reading the paper at the Times Book Club the other day. It was Margery Strachey [sic]. What are you doing? I said. Nothing! she replied. "I've got nowhere to go & nothing to do." 'And I left her, sitting reading The Times.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1936 and 19 Jan 1936

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: The Times Book Club, 42 Wigmore Street

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:

Marjorie Strachey

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1882

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Teacher

Religion:

agnostic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Times

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18728

Source:

Print

Author:

Virginia Woolf

Editor:

Anne Olivier Bell

Title:

The Diary of Virginia Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

5

Page:

9

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1984), 5, p. 9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18728, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None