Record Number: 18544

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Tuesday 1 May 1934: 'L. opening the first Times to come our way, said George Duckworth is dead. So he is. And I feel the usual incongruous shades of feeling [goes on to reflect further on Duckworth and his death]'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1 May 1934

Country:

Ireland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Waterville

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Leonard Woolf

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1880

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

agnostic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Ireland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

report of death of George Duckworth

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

In The Times, 28 April 1934

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18544

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:

211

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1982), 4, p. 211, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18544, accessed: 23 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Sir George Duckworth half-brother to Virginia Woolf.