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Record 20063

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'In odd moments when I am at a loose end (about eleven minutes in the day) I read Emily Dickinson.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 21 Nov 1886 and 10 Oct 1934
Country: America
Time: n/a
Place: city: Englewood
county: New Jersey
   
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: America
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Emily Dickinson
Title: poems
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 20063  
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: 264
  Additional comments: Quotation taken from a letter dated 10 October 1934 written by Harold Nicolson to Vita Sackville-West.

Citation: Harold Nicolson, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), Vita and Harold (Great Britain, 1992), p. 264, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20063, accessed: 26 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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