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Record 19972

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Read French and German newspapers. Wrote three paragraphs. Fiddled about.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 2 Jan 1930
Country: England
Time: morning: After 10 am
Place: city: London
specific address: Evening Standard, London E.C.4
   
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: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: [French and German newspapers]
Genre: Ephemera
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 19972  
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: 227
  Additional comments: Quotation taken from a letter dated 2 January 1930 written by Harold Nicolson to Vita Sackville-West.

Citation: Harold Nicolson, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), Vita and Harold (Great Britain, 1992), p. 227, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19972, accessed: 18 April 2024

Additional comments:

Harold joined the staff of the Evening Standard as a writer on 1 January 1930.

 

 

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