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Record Number: 18329


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Vanessa [Bell] wrote [to her sister Virginia Woolf] from Charleston (n.d., Berg [Collection]): "I have been for the last 3 days completely submerged in The Waves -- & am left rather gasping, out of breath, choking, half drowned, as you might expect. I must read it again when I may hope to float more quietly -- but meanwhile I'm so overcome by the beauty ...'"

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 7 Oct 1931 and 17 Oct 1931

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Vanessa Bell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1879

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Painter

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Virginia Woolf

Title:

The Waves

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

7 October 1931

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18329

Source:

Print

Author:

Virginia Woolf

Editor:

Anne Olivier Bell

Title:

The Diary of Virginia Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1982

Vol:

4

Page:

49 n.7

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1982), 4, p. 49 n.7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18329, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Note accompanies Woolf's remark, in diary entry for 17 October 1931, that 'Nessa's enthusiasm is the brightest spot [in reception of The Waves]' (p.49).

   
   
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