Record Number: 18190
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Wednesday 15 September 1920: 'Blessed with fine weather, I could look from my window, through the vine leaves, & see Lytton sitting in the deck chair reading Alfieri from a lovely vellum copy, dutifully looking out words. He wore a white felt hat, & the usual grey clothes; was long, & tapering as usual; looking so mild & so ironical, his beard just cut short [...] For my own encouragement, I may note that he praised the Voyage Out voluntarily; "[italics]extremely[end italics] good" it seemed to him on re-reading, especially the satire of the Dalloways.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 26 Mar 1915 and 15 Sep 1920
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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:The Voyage Out
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details26 March 1915
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18190
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Anne Olivier Bell
Title:The Diary of VIrginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1978
Vol:2
Page:65
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of VIrginia Woolf (London, 1978), 2, p. 65, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18190, accessed: 20 March 2023
Additional Comments:
Diary entry describes house party at Eleanor Farm, near West Wittering, home of St John Hutchinson.
