Record Number: 34059
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Eleanor in great pain. Very brave but collapsed—throat ghastly. O Henry ... no good as a pick-me-up. Tried gramophone—better ... One feels so isolated all alone with a very sick girl. Every one is away and I want the sea—the sea. Went for a walk in Kensington Gardens. Read Bertrand Russell, Problems of Philosophy. Remembered my throat paint. Tried it, did Eleanor good. We sat & watched her cough up matter into the basalt bowl. Normally it would have made us both sick, as it was we were wild with interest.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:30 Jul 1916
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: 27 Ferncroft Avenue, Hampstead
(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:13 Dec 1890
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Occultist
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:Problems of Philosophy
Genre:Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:34059
Source:n/a
Editor:Nathalie Blondel
Title:The Journals of Mary Butts
Place of Publication:New Haven, CT
Date of Publication:2002
Vol:n/a
Page:46
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Nathalie Blondel (ed.), The Journals of Mary Butts, (New Haven, CT, 2002), p. 46, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34059, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Butts's phrase, "I want the sea—the sea," is a Xenophon reference.