Evidence: | 'I read "Mansfield Park" [Jane Austen]. Proust applied to la petite noblesse de campagne. I also read Aristotle's Ethics, feeling that it was really high time, before I got to Rome, to know what was meant by "good".' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 21 Nov 1886 and 3 Jan 1932 | ||||||||||
Country: | Italy | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Harold Nicolson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 21 Nov 1886 |
Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
Occupation: | Diplomat |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | Italy |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Jane Austen |
Title: | Mansfield Park |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 20061 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Harold Nicolson | |
Editor: | Nigel Nicolson | |
Title: | Vita and Harold | |
Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
Date of Publication: | 1992 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 230-231 | |
Additional comments: | Quotation taken from a letter dated 3 January 1932 written by Harold Nicolson to Vita Sackville-West. |
Citation: | Harold Nicolson, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), Vita and Harold (Great Britain, 1992), p. 230-231, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20061, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
The French quotation "la petite noblesse de campagne" is printed in italics. Harold wrote this letter from the Hotel Excelsior, Rome but appears to have had this reading experience as he was travelling to Rome. |
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