| Evidence: | Virginia Woolf to Lady Ottoline Morrell, 27 June 1937:
'If you want sheer joy read [Congreve]; if you dont want anything so ecstatic, but broad and
mellow and satisfactory, try the Memoires of George Sand. 10 little volumes; I'm in the 5th, and
find it absorbing'. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1937 and 27 Jun 1937 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| 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: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | George Sand |
| Title: | Memoires (vol 5) |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 10 volumes |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 17869 | |
| 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: | 387 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Virginia Woolf, Joanne Trautmann Banks (ed.), Congenial Spirits: The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf (London, 1989), p. 387, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17869, accessed: 28 September 2023 | |
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