| Evidence: | Virginia Stephen to Clive Bell, 18 August 1907:
'I am reading Henry James on America; and feel myself as one embalmed in a block of
smooth amber: it is not unpleasant, very tranquil, as a twilight shore -- but such is not the
stuff of genius: no, it should be a swift stream.'
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Aug 1907 and 18 Aug 1907 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Playden county: Sussex |
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| Reader: | Virginia Stephen |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 25 Jan 1882 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Henry James |
| Title: | The American Scene |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1906 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 17772 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Virginia Woolf | |
| Editor: | Joanne Trautmann Banks | |
| Title: | Congenial Spirits: The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1989 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 42 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Virginia Woolf, Joanne Trautmann Banks (ed.), Congenial Spirits: The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf (London, 1989), p. 42, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17772, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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