Record Number: 17766
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[Virginia Stephen] was reading Walter Savage Landor's Pericles and Aspasia (1836), and writing, as was her habit during this time [Spring 1906], a description of her surroundings (unpublished).'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Apr 1906 and 16 Apr 1906
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Giggleswick, Settle
county: Yorkshire
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:25 Jan 1882
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Pericles and Aspasia
Genre:Classics, Fiction, History, Poetry, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published 1836
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17766
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Joanne Trautmann Banks
Title:Congenial Spirits: The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1989
Vol:n/a
Page:25 n.2
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Joanne Trautmann Banks (ed.), Congenial Spirits: The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1989), p. 25 n.2, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17766, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Source ed.'s note accompanies letter of 16 April 1906 to Violet Dickinson in which Virginia Stephen reports: 'I lead the life of a Solitary: read and write and eat my meal, and walk out upon the moor, and have tea [...] and then dine alone and read my book' (see p.25 in source).
