| Evidence: | 'Then I woke up, switched on the light, & began to read Venus & Adonis. It's pretty stuff - rather like the Death of Procris'. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Dec 1915 and 11 Dec 1915 | ||||||||||
| Country: | France | ||||||||||
| Time: | night | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Bandol county: Provence specific address: Hotel Beau Rivage |
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| Reader: | Katherine Mansfield |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 14 Oct 1888 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Novelist and Critic |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | New Zealand |
| Country of experience: | France |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Title: | Venus and Adonis |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 3781 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Katherine Mansfield | |
| Editor: | Vincent O'Sullivan | |
| Title: | Katherine Mansfield: Selected Letters | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1990 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 39 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Katherine Mansfield to J.M. Murry, 11 Dec, 1915 |
| Citation: | Katherine Mansfield, Vincent O'Sullivan (ed.), Katherine Mansfield: Selected Letters (Oxford, 1990), p. 39, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3781, accessed: 31 March 2023 | |
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