| Evidence: | 'I think she thought I was French as I was reading the "Matin". But when I picked up Lamb which was obviously an English book, she began throwing out leading questions.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 21 Nov 1886 and 30 Aug 1935 | ||||||||||
| Country: | France | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: on a train from Dieppe | ||||||||||
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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: | France |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Charles Lamb |
| Title: | unknown |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 20106 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Harold Nicolson | |
| Editor: | Nigel Nicolson | |
| Title: | Vita and Harold | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1992 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 275 | |
| Additional comments: | Quotation taken from a letter dated 30 August 1935 written by Harold Nicolson to Vita Sackville-West. |
| Citation: | Harold Nicolson, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), Vita and Harold (Great Britain, 1992), p. 275, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20106, accessed: 17 April 2024 | |
| Earlier in the letter Harold describes sharing a train compartment with an American family of three: a mother, father and son. He refers in this extract to the mother. He mentions two reading experiences, Lamb and the French newspaper the "Matin". |
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