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Record Number: 17997


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Sunday 6 January 1918: 'Gerald [Shove] read Tolstoy the other day, & determined to give up tobacco, but now argues that Tolstoy's commands were for men of looser life than he, so that he may smoke cigarettes.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1918 and 6 Jan 1918

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:

Gerald Shove

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1887

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Academic economist

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Leo Tolstoy

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Politics, Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

17997

Source:

Print

Author:

Virginia Woolf

Editor:

Anne Olivier Bell

Title:

The Diary of Virginia Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1977

Vol:

1

Page:

101

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1977), 1, p. 101, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17997, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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