Record Number: 20062
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'"Face" is one of his favourite books; so there. He simply loves it. Also your book on your father.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1932 and 31 Jan 1933
Country:unknown
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:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Scholar/philosopher
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:unknown
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Public Faces
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1932
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:20062
Source:Vita Sackville-West
Editor:Nigel Nicolson
Title:Vita and Harold
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1992
Vol:n/a
Page:236
Additional Comments:
Quotation taken from a letter dated 31 January 1933 written by Vita Sackville-West to Harold Nicolson.
Citation:
Vita Sackville-West, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), Vita and Harold, (Great Britain, 1992), p. 236, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20062, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Vita wrote the letter from the Hotel General Brock, Niagara Falls, Canada and names the reader as Dr Harry Grant, aged 73, "half scholar, half philosopher, with a real passion for Niagara". The editor notes in a footnote that "Face" is Harold's novel "Public Faces".