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Record Number: 18381


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Wednesday 13 July 1932: 'Old Joseph Wright & Lizzie Wright are people I respect. Indeed I do hope the 2nd vol. will come this morning. He was a maker of dialect dixeries: he was a workhouse boy [...] And he married Miss Lea a clergyman's daughter. And I've just read their love letters with respect [goes on to comment further on text].'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jul 1932 and 13 Jul 1932

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:

Virginia Woolf

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

25 Jan 1882

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

agnostic

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:

Elizabeth Wright

Title:

The Life of Joseph Wright (vol 1)

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

2 vols, 1932

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18381

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:

115-116

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1982), 4, p. 115-116, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18381, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Text authored by Joseph Wright's wife; Wright compiled The English Dialect Dictionary (6 vols, 1896-1905), and was Professor of Comparative Philology at the University of Oxford, 1901-1925; see p.116 n.6 in source.

   
   
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