Record Number: 3687
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
13/3/1904 - "He was able to read on the last morning of his life, asking me to bring him an article on Shakespeare and a new poem by Thomas Hardy."
Century:1900-1945
Date:22 Feb 1904
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
location in dwelling: Hyde Park Gate
(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:28 Nov 1832
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Historian, literary critic, biographer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Details1904
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:3687
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Nigel Nicolson
Title:The Flight of the Mind: The Letters of Virginia Woolf 1888-1912
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1983
Vol:n/a
Page:134
Additional Comments:
Letter from Virginia Stephen to Charles Eliot Norton (13/3/1904), describing her father's last hours.
Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), The Flight of the Mind: The Letters of Virginia Woolf 1888-1912, (London, 1983), p. 134, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3687, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
None