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Record Number: 20410


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Have you read your sister in laws Doges Farm? Well that describes much the same sort of country that this is; and you see how she, a person of true artistic soul, revels in the land.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 12 Aug 1899

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


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:

Agnostic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Margaret Symonds

Title:

Days Spent on a Doge's Farm

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1893

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

20410

Source:

Print

Author:

Virginia Woolf

Editor:

Nigel Nicolson

Title:

The Flight of the Mind: The Letters of Virginia Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1975

Vol:

1, 1888-1912

Page:

27

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), The Flight of the Mind: The Letters of Virginia Woolf (London, 1975), 1, 1888-1912, p. 27, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20410, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

The editor's note supplies the details of the text.

   
   
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