Record Number: 19807

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Leonard Woolf to Lytton Strachey, describing routine at home at Asheham, 25 April 1913: 'After dinner Virginia reads the Life of Mrs Humphry Ward & I the Poor Law Minority Report.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Apr 1913 and 25 Apr 1913

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Rodmell
county: Sussex
specific address: Asheham

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:

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:

Title:

The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19807

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Frederic Spotts

Title:

Letters of Leonard Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1990

Vol:

n/a

Page:

183

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Frederic Spotts (ed.), Letters of Leonard Woolf (London, 1990), p. 183, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19807, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None