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 | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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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