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Record Number: 18617


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Monday 20 May 1935: 'Quentin bought an Italian paper & read of [T. E.] Lawrence's death.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 19 May 1935 and 20 May 1935

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Rome

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:

Quentin Bell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1910

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

anon

Title:

report of death of T. E. Lawrence

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

Italy, 19-20 May 1935

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18617

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:

312

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1982), 4, p. 312, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18617, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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