Record Number: 18234

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In the meantime, let me say that I read you with delight, even though I wanted to exclaim, "Oh, BUT,Virginia..." on 50% of your pages.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 2 Jun 1938 and 15 Jun 1938

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Kent
specific address: Sissinghurst Castle

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Vita Sackville-West

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

9 Mar 1892

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Novelist

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Virginia Woolf

Title:

Three Guineas

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Politics, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Published 2 June 1938 by the Hogarth Press

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18234

Source:

Print

Author:

Vita Sackville-West

Editor:

Louise DeSalvo

Title:

The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

n/a

Page:

440

Additional Comments:

Quotation taken from a letter dated 15 June 1938 written by Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf. Additional editor Mitchell A. Leaska.

Citation:

Vita Sackville-West, Louise DeSalvo (ed.), The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf (Great Britain, 1984), p. 440, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18234, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Vita mentions the title of Virginia's book earlier in the letter. Virginia tells Vita in a letter dated 1 June 1938 that she is sending her a copy of the book, adding that it "comes out tomorrow".