Record Number: 19069
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have been reading Marlow, and I was so much more impressed by him than I thought I should be, that I read Cymbeline just to see if there mightn't be more in the great William than I supposed. And I was quite upset! Really and truly I am now let in to [the] company of worshippers-though I still feel a little oppressed by his-greatness I suppose. I shall want a lecture when I see you; to clear up some points about the Plays. I mean about the characters. Why aren't they more human? Imogen and Posthumous and Cymbeline-I find them beyond me-Is this my feminine weakness in the upper region?'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1888 and 5 Nov 1901
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: 22 Hyde Park Gate, S.W.
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
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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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Cymbeline
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19069
Source:Virginia Stephen
Editor:Nigel Nicholson
Title:The Flight of the Mind: The Letters of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1975
Vol:Volume 1, 1888-1912
Page:45
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Virginia Stephen, Nigel Nicholson (ed.), The Flight of the Mind: The Letters of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1975), Volume 1, 1888-1912, p. 45, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19069, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
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