Record Number: 19967

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Oh dear, [...] that's what comes of living alone in the rain and reading Wordsworth.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 9 Mar 1892 and 20 Nov 1926

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Weald, Sevenoaks
county: Kent
specific address: Long Barn

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:

Vita Sackville-West

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

9 Mar 1892

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

novelist

Religion:

unknown

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:

William Wordsworth

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19967

Source:

Print

Author:

Vita Sackville-West

Editor:

Nigel Nicolson

Title:

Vita and Harold

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1992

Vol:

n/a

Page:

174

Additional Comments:

Quotation taken from a letter dated 20 November 1926 written by Vita Sackville-West to Harold Nicolson.

Citation:

Vita Sackville-West, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), Vita and Harold, (Great Britain, 1992), p. 174, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19967, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

The quotation comes at the end of a letter in which Vita's reflections on her writing are prompted by comments made to her in a recent letter from Virginia Woolf.