| Evidence: | 'Somebody sent Ben an unexpurgated edition of Gulliver for Xmas. He had read most of it before I discovered. It was disguised as a child's book.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Weald, Sevenoaks county: Kent specific address: Long Barn |
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| Reader: | Benedict Nicolson |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | Child |
| Religion: | uknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | Benedict Nicolson was Vita Sackville-West's son |
| Author: | Jonathan Swift |
| Title: | Gulliver's Travels |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 18019 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vita Sackville-West | |
| Editor: | Louise de Salvo | |
| Title: | The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1984 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 91 | |
| Additional comments: | Quotation taken from a letter dated Friday 8 January 1926 written by Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf. Additional editor Mitchell A. Leaska. |
| Citation: | Vita Sackville-West, Louise de Salvo (ed.), The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf (Great Britain, 1984), p. 91, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18019, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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