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Record Number: 3812


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Calm day. In garden read early poems in Oxford Book. Discussed our future library. In the evening read Dostoevsky'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

30 Dec 1919

Country:

Italy

Time

evening

Place:

city: San Remo

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:

Katherine Mansfield

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

14 Oct 1888

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Novelist and Critic

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

New Zealand

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Dostoevsky

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

3812

Source:

Print

Author:

Katherine Mansfield

Editor:

J Middleton Murry

Title:

Journal of Katherine Mansfield

Place of Publication:

Hamburg Paris Bologna

Date of Publication:

1935

Vol:

n/a

Page:

154

Additional Comments:

diary entry 30 Dec 1919

Citation:

Katherine Mansfield, J Middleton Murry (ed.), Journal of Katherine Mansfield (Hamburg Paris Bologna, 1935), p. 154, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3812, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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