Record Number: 18381
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Wednesday 13 July 1932: 'Old Joseph Wright & Lizzie Wright are people I respect. Indeed I do hope the 2nd vol. will come this morning. He was a maker of dialect dixeries: he was a workhouse boy [...] And he married Miss Lea a clergyman's daughter. And I've just read their love letters with respect [goes on to comment further on text].'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jul 1932 and 13 Jul 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 Life of Joseph Wright (vol 1)
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details2 vols, 1932
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18381
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Anne Olivier Bell
Title:The Diary of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1982
Vol:4
Page:115-116
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1982), 4, p. 115-116, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18381, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Text authored by Joseph Wright's wife; Wright compiled The English Dialect Dictionary (6 vols, 1896-1905), and was Professor of Comparative Philology at the University of Oxford, 1901-1925; see p.116 n.6 in source.