Record Number: 19810
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Marie Woolf to Leonard Woolf (reader's son), 11 December 1913: 'I am now returning you the Manuscript [of The Wise Virgins] [...] the reading of which has given me more pain than evidently you intended. ... You thought fit to hold us [Woolf family] all up [...] to ridicule, contempt and pity. ... You have not convinced me one jot that the people at Rickstead [i.e. Putney, Woolf family home] are one bit less valuable to the common working of the Universe, than are the people at Bloomsbury [...] this style of writing is unworthy of you [...] If you publish the book as it stands, I feel there will be a serious break between us'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Nov 1913 and 11 Dec 1913
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Type of Experience(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:1850
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
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Religion:Jewish
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Wise Virgins
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
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Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:19810
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Editor:Frederic Spotts
Title:Letters of Leonard Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1990
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Page:196-197
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Frederic Spotts (ed.), Letters of Leonard Woolf (London, 1990), p. 196-197, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19810, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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