Record Number: 18336
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Thursday 11 February 1932: 'My mind is set running upon A Knock on the Door (whats its name?) owing largely to reading "Wells on Woman" -- how she must be ancillary & decorative in the world of the future, because she has been tried, in 10 years, & has not proved anything.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Feb 1932 and 11 Feb 1932
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 Work, Wealth, and Happiness of Mankind
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Social Science
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1932
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18336
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Anne Olivier Bell
Title:The Diary of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1982
Vol:4
Page:75
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1982), 4, p. 75, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18336, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Text being reviewed by Woolf's husband Leonard for the New Statesman and Nation. Woolf refers to chapter 11 in it, 'The Role of Women in the World's Work,' which concludes: 'Hitherto the role of women has been decorative and ancillary. And today it seems to be still decorative and ancillary ... Her recent gains in freedom have widened her choice of what she shall adorn or serve, but they have released no new initiative in human affairs....' (quoted by source ed.; see p.75 n.23 in source). 'A Knock on the Door' Woolf's prospective title for contemplated work which would ultimately be published as Three Guineas.