Record Number: 19816

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Leonard Woolf to Lytton Strachey, 27 October 1916: 'I return the MS which I thought amazingly good. It made me laugh until I cried twice, once at "where he remained for the next thirty-six hours" and once at the painful mystery of the animal world.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1916 and 27 Oct 1916

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Leonard Woolf

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

25 Nov 1880

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Lytton Strachey

Title:

Life of Dr Arnold

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Biography

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19816

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Frederic Spotts

Title:

Letters of Leonard Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1990

Vol:

n/a

Page:

215

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Frederic Spotts (ed.), Letters of Leonard Woolf (London, 1990), p. 215, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19816, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None