Evidence: | '.....I've been ill with heart trouble - why I can't imagine, as it has always been quite strong so Sachie lent me his country house for a fortnight. I sat on the verandah all day, reading and sleeping. I read a lot of Dryden, in a lovely first edition ( Dryden was by bith a county neighbour, which accounts for the library being full of his work) - Pope, the life of Alexander the Great, of whom there is a portrait wearing a periwig, and delightful eighteenth century books about the moral worth of animals, praising the industry of the Bee, reproving the Ostrich for being a Bad Parent.....' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1926 and 30 Sep 1926 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Northamptonshire specific address: Weston hall |
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Reader: | Edith Sitwell |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 7 Sep 1887 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | Poet |
Religion: | Christian |
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: | Alexander Pope |
Title: | Life of Alexander the Great |
Genre: | Biography |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (private library) Family Library of Sacheverall Sitwell at Weston Hall, Northamptonshire |
Record ID: | 18898 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Edith Sitwell | |
Editor: | Richard gGeene | |
Title: | Selected letters of Edith Sitwell | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 68-69 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Edith Sitwell, Richard gGeene (ed.), Selected letters of Edith Sitwell (London, 1998), p. 68-69, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18898, accessed: 20 April 2024 |
Letter to Violet Schiff dated Bank Holiday [1926?] from Renishaw Hall, the Sitwell's ancestral home. This letter is placed between one dated 2nd July 1926 and another dated 16 September 1926. Edith and her brothers Osbert and Sacheverall traditionally stayed at Renishaw Hall during the summer which may account for the date positioning of this letter. In it Edith apologises to Violet Schiff for not writing before due to illness and leaving a letter from Violet behind when she went to Weston Hall ( Sacheverall's home) to recuperate. |
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