Record Number: 19805

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Leonard Woolf to Saxon Sydney-Turner, 1 September 1912: 'No one has ever given or lent me anything more useful than your little Spanish dictionary. It is always in my hand or pocket. I can now carry on quite a long conversation out of its leaves. We [Woolf and wife Virginia, on honeymoon] stayed in an inn in a village under Montserrat [...] in which only one youth was said to know any language other than Spanish & that was French which was less in quantity & quality than our Spanish. Crowds stood around us while I looked up words in your dictionary & there was nothing which did not eventually become intelligible.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 10 Aug 1912 and 1 Sep 1912

Country:

Spain

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Leonard Woolf

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

25 Nov 1880

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Spain

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Spanish dictionary

Genre:

Textbook / self-education, Reference / General works, Languages

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19805

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Frederic Spotts

Title:

Letters of Leonard Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1990

Vol:

n/a

Page:

178

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Frederic Spotts (ed.), Letters of Leonard Woolf, (London, 1990), p. 178, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19805, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None