| Evidence: | 'Vanessa [Bell] wrote [to her sister Virginia Woolf] from Charleston (n.d., Berg [Collection]): "I have been for the last 3 days completely submerged in The Waves -- & am left rather gasping, out of breath, choking, half drowned, as you might expect. I must read it again when I may hope to float more quietly -- but meanwhile I'm so overcome by the beauty ...'" |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 7 Oct 1931 and 17 Oct 1931 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Vanessa Bell |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1879 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Virginia Woolf |
| Title: | The Waves |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 7 October 1931 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18329 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Virginia Woolf | |
| Editor: | Anne Olivier Bell | |
| Title: | The Diary of Virginia Woolf | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1982 | |
| Vol: | 4 | |
| Page: | 49 n.7 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1982), 4, p. 49 n.7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18329, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| Note accompanies Woolf's remark, in diary entry for 17 October 1931, that 'Nessa's enthusiasm is the brightest spot [in reception of The Waves]' (p.49). |
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