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Record 17988

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Saturday 13 February 1915: 'After luncheon [...] I went to a concert at the Queen's Hall [...] I was annoyed by a young man & woman who took advantage of the music to press each other's hands; & read "A Shropshire Lad" & look at some vile illustrations.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 13 Jan 1915
Country: England
Time: afternoon
Place: city: London
specific address: The Queen's Hall
   
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:

Reading Group:'young man and woman'
Age Unknown
Gender Unknown
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Unknown/NA
Occupation: unknown
Religion: unknown
Country of origin: unknown
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: A. E. Housman
Title: A Shropshire Lad
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: First published 1896
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 17988  
Source - Print  
  Author: Virginia Woolf
  Editor: Anne Olivier Bell
  Title: The Diary of Virginia Woolf
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1977
  Vol: 1
  Page: 34
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1977), 1, p. 34, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17988, accessed: 19 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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