Record Number: 18196
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
15 February 1922: 'I thought to myself, as Lytton was talking, Now I will remember this & write it down in my diary tomorrow [...] "Latest Racine" he had read on the posters at Waterloo; thought it referred to Masefield; then re-read Racing.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Feb 1922 and 15 Feb 1922
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: Waterloo Station
(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:Male
Date of Birth:1880
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
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: Title:advertisement/announcement on racing
Genre:Sport / Leisure, Ephemera, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Poster
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:18196
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Anne Olivier Bell
Title:The Diary of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1978
Vol:2
Page:163
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1978), 2, p. 163, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18196, accessed: 08 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Source ed. notes: 'John Masefield's play, adapted and partially translated from Racine's biblical tragedy Esther, had been reviewed at length in the TLS of 9 February 1922. Strachey's long essay on Racine was about to reappear in his collection Books and Characters (1922)' (p.163 n.10).