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Record 18403

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Thursday 5 October 1933: '[At Labour Party Conference, Hastings] I talked to Pethick L.; a frost-bitten blue eyed little old man now; & he was reading Holtby on V. W. You [italics]are[end italics] V. W.? Yes. I said'.
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Oct 1933 and 3 Oct 1933
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

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1871
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Politician
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: Winifred Holtby
Title: study of Virginia Woolf
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Biography
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: October 1932
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 18403  
Source - Print  
  Author: Virginia Woolf
  Editor: Anne Olivier Bell
  Title: The Diary of Virginia Woolf
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1982
  Vol: 4
  Page: 183
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1982), 4, p. 183, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18403, accessed: 26 April 2024

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