Record Number: 18239
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Tuesday 28 September 1926: 'Intense depression: I have to confess that this has overcome me several times since September 6th [...] Somehow, my reading had lapsed [...] One night I got hold of Geoffrey Scott's book on Architecture, & a little spark of motive power awoke in me. This is a warning, then; never to cease the use of the brain.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 6 Sep 1926 and 28 Sep 1926
Country:England
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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: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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Architecture of Humanism. A Study in the History of Taste
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1914
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18239
Source:VIrginia Woolf
Editor:Anne Olivier Bell
Title:The Diary of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:3
Page:111
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
VIrginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1980), 3, p. 111, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18239, accessed: 29 March 2024
Additional Comments:
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