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Record 18101

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
20 April 1920: 'Saw the birth of Ka's son in the Times this morning, & feel slightly envious all day in consequence.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 20 Apr 1920
Country: England
Time: morning
Place: n/a
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

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

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Notice of birth of Mark Arnold-Foster
Genre: Reference / General works
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: In The Times
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 18101  
Source - Print  
  Author: Virginia Woolf
  Editor: Anne Olivier Bell
  Title: The Diary of Virginia Woolf
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1978
  Vol: 2
  Page: 32
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1978), 2, p. 32, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18101, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

'Ka' Woolf's nickname for Katherine Arnold-Foster.

 

 

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