Record Number: 19022
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Thursday 7 March 1940: 'A fortnight -- well on Saturday it will be a fortnight -- with influenza [...] before getting into bed that bitter [previous Saturday] afternoon I read my epitaph -- Mrs W. died so soon, in the N.S. & was pleased to support that dismissal very tolerably [...] And read all Havelock Ellis, a cautious cumulative, teased & tired book; too pressed down with that very common woman, Edith [Lees, Ellis's wife]: so I judged her, but she was life to him [...] He's honest & clear but thick [illegible] & too like the slow graceful Kangaroo with its cautious soft leaps. But thats much due to influenza.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 2 Mar 1940 and 7 Mar 1940
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:mock epitaph for Virginia Woolf
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsIn New Statesman and Nation, 2 March 1940
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19022
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Anne Olivier Bell
Title:The Diary of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:5
Page:270-71; 270
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1984), 5, p. 270-71; 270, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19022, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Verse read by Woolf was: 'Mrs Woolf has passed away; / Rather early, one might say / Considering Orlando's prime / Took such a devil of a time,' and appeared in magazine as 'Result of Competition No. 523' (see p.270 n.1).