Evidence: | 'Belchamber (1904) by Howard ("Howdie") Overing Sturgis (1855-1920), a prosperous American expatriate, has for its principal character "Sainty" -- the Marquis and Earl of Belchamber. V[rginia] W[oolf] read the "World's Classics" edition of 1935, with an introduction by Gerard Hopkins which draws a portrait of the author.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 May 1935 and 6 May 1935 | ||||||||||
Country: | ?Holland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: ?Zutphen | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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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: | ?Holland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Howard Overing Sturgis |
Title: | Belchamber |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | In World's Classics edition, 1935 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 18615 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Virginia Woolf | |
Editor: | Anne Olivier Bell | |
Title: | The Diary of Virginia Woolf | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1982 | |
Vol: | 4 | |
Page: | 310 n.15 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1982), 4, p. 310 n.15, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18615, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Source ed.'s note accompanies Woolf's remarks on text made in diary entry of 6 May, written (from Zutphen) when she and her husband had been travelling in Holland for five days. Woolf's remarks on the text include the verdict that it was 'A moving, in its way, completed story. But shallow. A superficial book,' and the comments: 'I cant care what happens: yet I like the design [...] A sensitive sincere mind -- Howdie, doing his embroidery, & making his acute observations' (see pp.309-311). |
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