| Evidence: | 'Virginia [Woolf] read at least three of Colette's books, two of autobiography (Mes
Apprentissages, 1934, Sido, 1929), and one of fiction (Duo, 1934), and the two writers sent each
other messages through mutual friends.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1929 and 25 Jun 1936 | ||||||||||
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| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| 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: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette |
| Title: | Sido |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1929 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 17864 | |
| 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: | 375 n.1 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Virginia Woolf, Joanne Trautmann Banks (ed.), Congenial Spirits: The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf (London, 1989), p. 375 n.1, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17864, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
| Ed.'s note accompanies letter of 25 June 1936 in which Virginia Woolf writes to Ethel Smyth: 'I'm almost floored by the extreme dexterity insight and beauty of Colette. How does she do it? No one in all England could do a thing like that [...] And to think I scarcely know her books! Are they all novels? [...] I'm green with envy' (p.375). |
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