Record Number: 18740
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Friday 19 March 1937: '"They" say almost universally that The Years is a masterpiece [...] The praise chorus began yesterday: by the way I was walking in Covent Garden & found St Pauls, CG for the first time [...] then went to Burnets [of Garrick St.] [...] bought the E. Standard & found myself glorified as I read it in the Tube.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:18 Mar 1937
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
other location: On board underground train
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solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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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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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:review of Virginia Woolf, The Years
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication DetailsIn The Evening Standard, 18 March 1937
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:18740
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Anne Olivier Bell
Title:The Diary of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:5
Page:70
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Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1984), 5, p. 70, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18740, accessed: 18 July 2024
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