Record Number: 18035

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

1 May 1918: 'On Sunday [28 April] Desmond came to dinner [...] Late at night he took to reading Joyce's ms. aloud, & in particular to imitating his modern imitation of a cat's miau. L[eonard]. went to bed, & though capable of spending a night in this manner, I had compunction, & decoyed Desmond upstairs, collecting books as we went.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

28 Apr 1918

Country:

England

Time

n/anight

Place:

n/a

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:

Reader:

Desmond MacCarthy

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1877

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer/Naval intelligence officer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

England

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

Virginia Woolf

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

James Joyce

Title:

Ulysses

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Codex

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18035

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:

145

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1977), 1, p. 145, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18035, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Virginia and Leonard Woolf were considering Joyce's novel for publication from their press; see p.136 n.15 in source.