Record Number: 18804

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Friday 2 April 1937: ''Maynard is reading The Years. & is enthusiastic.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 12 Mar 1937 and 2 Apr 1937

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

John Maynard Keynes

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1883

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Academic economist

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Virginia Woolf

Title:

The Years

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

March 1937

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18804

Source:

Print

Author:

Virginia Woolf

Editor:

Anne Olivier Bell

Title:

The Diary of Virginia Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

5

Page:

76

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1984), 5, p. 76, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18804, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

See Woolf's diary entry of 4 April 1937, p.77 in source, for further remarks of Keynes regarding The Years ('thinks one scene, E[leanor] & Crosby, beats Tchehov's [sic] Cherry Orchard').