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Record 19966

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Dearest - you don't know what "The Land" means to me! I read it incessantly - it has become a real wide undertone to my life.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 9 Mar 1892 and 7 Nov 1926
Country: Persia
Time: n/a
Place: city: Teheran
   
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:Harold Nicolson
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 21 Nov 1886
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: Diplomat
Religion: unknown
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: Persia
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Vita Sackville-West
Title: The Land
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Unknown
Publication details: Published 1927
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 19966  
Source - Print  
  Author: Harold Nicolson
  Editor: Nigel Nicolson
  Title: Vita and Harold
  Place of Publication: Great Britain
  Date of Publication: 1992
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 167
  Additional comments: Quotation taken from a letter dated 7 November 1926 written by Harold Nicolson to Vita Sackville-West.

Citation: Harold Nicolson, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), Vita and Harold (Great Britain, 1992), p. 167, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19966, accessed: 26 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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