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Record Number: 18026


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

24 January 1918: 'To the Club, where I found Lytton by himself, & not feeling inclined for talk we read our papers near together.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

10 Dec 1917

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
other location: 1917 Club, Gerrard Street

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:

Lytton Strachey

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1880

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

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:

Title:

newspapers

Genre:

Reference / General works, newspapers

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18026

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:

113

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1977), 1, p. 113, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18026, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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