Record Number: 17988

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Saturday 13 February 1915: 'After luncheon [...] I went to a concert at the Queen's Hall [...] I was annoyed by a young man & woman who took advantage of the music to press each other's hands; & read "A Shropshire Lad" & look at some vile illustrations.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

13 Jan 1915

Country:

England

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: London
specific address: The Queen's Hall

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

'young man and woman'

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

A. E. Housman

Title:

A Shropshire Lad

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published 1896

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17988

Source:

Print

Author:

Virginia Woolf

Editor:

Anne Olivier Bell

Title:

The Diary of Virginia Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1977

Vol:

1

Page:

34

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1977), 1, p. 34, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17988, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None