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Record Number: 18101


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

20 April 1920: 'Saw the birth of Ka's son in the Times this morning, & feel slightly envious all day in consequence.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

20 Apr 1920

Country:

England

Time

morning

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:

Virginia Woolf

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

25 Jan 1882

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Agnostic

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:

Notice of birth of Mark Arnold-Foster

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

In The Times

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18101

Source:

Print

Author:

Virginia Woolf

Editor:

Anne Olivier Bell

Title:

The Diary of Virginia Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1978

Vol:

2

Page:

32

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1978), 2, p. 32, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18101, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

'Ka' Woolf's nickname for Katherine Arnold-Foster.

   
   
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