Record Number: 18335
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Tuesday 2 February 1932: 'I am reading Wells' science of life, & have reached the hen that became a cock or vice versa.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1932 and 2 Feb 1932
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: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 Science of Life
Genre:Science, Natural history
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1930
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18335
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Anne Olivier Bell
Title:The Diary of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1982
Vol:4
Page:68-69
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1982), 4, p. 68-69, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18335, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Woolf refers to 'the case of [...] "a three-year-old Buff Orpington" in Section 7, "Reversal of Sex", vol. II, p.374 of H. G. Wells' The Science of Life, 1930' -- source ed., p.69 n.4.