Record Number: 17827
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Virginia Woolf to Vita Sackville-West, 9 October 1927: 'I am reading Knole and The Sackvilles. Dear me; you know a lot: you have a rich dusky attic of a mind.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Oct 1927 and 9 Oct 1927
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
Type of Experience(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:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Knole and the Sackvilles
Genre:History, Biography, Autobiog / Diary, Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:17827
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:231
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Joanne Trautmann Banks (ed.), Congenial Spirits: The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1989), p. 231, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17827, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Earlier in same letter Woolf reports beginning composition of Orlando.