Record Number: 20108
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Moreover, her train had arrived one-and-a-half hours before luncheon, so she had gone to the Paddington Hotel and sat in the lounge reading P.G.Wodehouse.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 21 Nov 1886 and 2 May 1938
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: Paddington Hotel
location in dwelling: Lounge
(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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Composer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:unknown
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:20108
Source:Harold Nicolson
Editor:Nigel Nicolson
Title:Vita and Harold
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1992
Vol:n/a
Page:300
Additional Comments:
Quotation taken from a letter dated 2 May 1938 written by Harold Nicolson to Vita Sackville-West. Letter written from 4 King's Bench Walk, London.
Citation:
Harold Nicolson, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), Vita and Harold, (Great Britain, 1992), p. 300, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20108, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Harold refers to Dame Ethel Smyth, with whom he was to have lunch. In a footnote the editor notes that she was a composer and suffragette, aged eighty.