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Record Number: 18403


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Thursday 5 October 1933: '[At Labour Party Conference, Hastings] I talked to Pethick L.; a frost-bitten blue eyed little old man now; & he was reading Holtby on V. W. You [italics]are[end italics] V. W.? Yes. I said'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1933 and 3 Oct 1933

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:

Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1871

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Politician

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:

Winifred Holtby

Title:

study of Virginia Woolf

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

October 1932

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18403

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:

183

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1982), 4, p. 183, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18403, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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