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Record Number: 18371


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Thursday 21 July 1932: 'Alice Ritchie ringing me up [...] said "One thing I want to say. Please dont go so far away in your next book". She had just re-read The Waves: magnificent: but loneliness almost unbearable.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 7 Oct 1931 and 21 Jul 1932

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Alice Ritchie

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1897

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:

Virginia Woolf

Title:

The Waves

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

October 1931

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18371

Source:

Print

Author:

Virginia Woolf

Editor:

Anne Olivier Bell

Title:

The Diary of Virginia Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1982

Vol:

4

Page:

118

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1982), 4, p. 118, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18371, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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