Record Number: 18030

---

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

4 March 1918: 'I found a silent group at the [1917] Club, all men, & unknown to me, with the exception of Alix who sat still as a statue reading one of Berty Russell's books.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

4 Mar 1918

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: 1917 Club, Gerrard Street

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

---

Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Alix Sargant-Florence

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1892

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

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:

Bertrand Russell

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

---

Source Information:

Record ID:

18030

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:

121-122

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1977), 1, p. 121-122, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18030, accessed: 15 May 2024

---

Additional Comments:

None