Record Number: 17853
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Virginia Woolf to Vanessa Bell, 3 May 1934: 'We only got the Times yesterday and read about George [Duckworth]. Well, there's nothing much to be said at this distance, in the wilds of Kerry. Poor old creature -- I wonder what happened and why he was at Freshwater [...] here we are a great deal further and wilder than if in Italy or Greece. We only see Irish papers, now and then; there are no towns, only an occasional small fishing village and as we changed our plans, all our letters have gone wrong. It was mere chance we found a copy of the Times lying about.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:2 May 1934
Country:Ireland
Timen/a
Place:county: Kerry
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:Ireland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:report of death of Sir George Duckworth
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication DetailsIn The Times
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17853
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:348
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Joanne Trautmann Banks (ed.), Congenial Spirits: The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1989), p. 348, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17853, accessed: 23 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Source ed. notes that Sir George Duckworth, half-brother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, had died on 27 April 1934 at Freshwater, Isle of Wight (see p.348 n.1).
