| Evidence: | 'He [a friend] took me to a bar which he said was quite respectable, but the proprietor showed me pornographic photographs, which are things I absolutely loathe and abhor. So I went away in a dudgeon and read a chapter of Orlando to cleanse my mind. That book is the cleanest thing I know, - like very clear and deep crystal.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 15 Nov 1928 and 3 Dec 1928 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Germany | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Berlin | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Harold Nicolson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | Diplomat |
| Religion: | Unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Germany |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | Harold Nicolson was Vita Sackville-West's husband |
| Author: | Virginia Woolf |
| Title: | Orlando |
| Genre: | Fiction, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | Published by the Hogarth Press 11 October 1928 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18166 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vita Sackville-West | |
| Editor: | Louise DeSalvo | |
| Title: | The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1984 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 314 | |
| Additional comments: | These words were written by Harold Nicolson and quoted by Vita Sackville-West in her letter dated Monday 3 December 1928 written to Virginia Woolf. Additional editor Mitchell A. Leaska. |
| Citation: | Vita Sackville-West, Louise DeSalvo (ed.), The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf (Great Britain, 1984), p. 314, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18166, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| In a footnote to a letter dated 4 November 1928 written by Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf, the editors state that Harold Nicolson returned to Berlin on 15 November after spending time in England where his father died on 5 November. This establishes the date range for his reading experience. I have classified Orlando as biography as it was based on the life of Vita Sackville-West. However it covers a long period of time and the main character is a man. |
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