Record Number: 18050
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The whole book is full of nooks and corners which I enjoy exploring. Sometimes one wants a candle in one's hand though - That's my only criticism - you've left (I daresay in haste) one or two dangling dim places....'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 22 Aug 1926 and 15 Sep 1926
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Rodmell, Lewes
county: Sussex
specific address: Monk's House
(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:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Novelist
Religion:Agnostic
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: Title:Passenger to Teheran
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Manuscript: Sheet, Earlier in the letter Virginia Woolf describes the form of the text she read as 'the second batch of proofs'.
Publication DetailsPublished by the Hogarth Press 1926 (?).
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:18050
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Louise de Salvo
Title:The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:n/a
Page:155
Additional Comments:
Quotation taken from a letter dated 15 September 1926 written by Virginia Woolf to Vita Sackville-West. Additional editor Mitchell A. Leaska.
Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Louise de Salvo (ed.), The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf, (Great Britain, 1984), p. 155, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18050, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
The editors have added a footnote stating that the text referred to is 'Passenger to Teheran'. This was a book written by Vita Sackville-West based on her journey to Persia and the time she spent there with her husband.
