| Evidence: | 'Moreover, her train had arrived one-and-a-half hours before luncheon, so she had gone to the Paddington Hotel and sat in the lounge reading P.G.Wodehouse.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 21 Nov 1886 and 2 May 1938 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Paddington Hotel location in dwelling: Lounge |
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| Reader: | Ethel Smyth |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Composer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | unknown |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Pelham Grenville Wodehouse |
| Title: | unknown |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 20108 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Harold Nicolson | |
| Editor: | Nigel Nicolson | |
| Title: | Vita and Harold | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1992 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 300 | |
| Additional comments: | Quotation taken from a letter dated 2 May 1938 written by Harold Nicolson to Vita Sackville-West. Letter written from 4 King's Bench Walk, London. |
| Citation: | Harold Nicolson, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), Vita and Harold (Great Britain, 1992), p. 300, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20108, accessed: 31 March 2023 | |
| Harold refers to Dame Ethel Smyth, with whom he was to have lunch. In a footnote the editor notes that she was a composer and suffragette, aged eighty. |
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