| Evidence: | Sunday 31 January 1915: 'After tea [...] I started reading The Wise Virgins, & I read it straight
on until bedtime, when I finished it. My opinion is that it is a remarkable book; very bad in
parts; first rate in others. A writer's book, I think, because only a writer perhaps can see why
the good parts are so very good, & why the bad parts aren't very bad [...] I was made very
happy by reading this: I like the poetic side of L. & it gets a little smothered in Blue-books, &
organisations.'
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 31 Jan 1915 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| 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: | Agnostic |
| 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: | Leonard Woolf |
| Title: | The Wise Virgins, A Story of Words, Opinions, and a Few Emotions |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 17987 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Virginia Woolf | |
| Editor: | Anne Olivier Bell | |
| Title: | The Diary of Virginia Woolf | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1977 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 32 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1977), 1, p. 32, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17987, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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