Record Number: 19036

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Wednesday 28 August 1940: 'I should say, to placate V[irginia].W[oolf]. when she wishes to know what was happening in Aug. 1940 -- that the air raids are now at their prelude. Invasion, if it comes, must come within 3 weeks [...] We've not had our raid yet, we say. Two in London. One caught me in the L[ondon]. Library. There I sat reading in Scrutiny that Mrs W[oolf]. after all was better than the young. At this I was pleased.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 26 Aug 1940 and 28 Aug 1940

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: The London Library

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:

Virginia Woolf

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

25 Jan 1882

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

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:

Title:

Scrutiny

Genre:

Fiction, Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

1940

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19036

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:

313

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1984), 5, p. 313, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19036, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Source ed. cites article by R. G. Cox, reviewing Folios of New Writing, in June 1940 number of Scrutiny; see p.313 n.10 in source.