Record Number: 18234
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In the meantime, let me say that I read you with delight, even though I wanted to exclaim, "Oh, BUT,Virginia..." on 50% of your pages.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 2 Jun 1938 and 15 Jun 1938
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Kent
specific address: Sissinghurst Castle
(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:9 Mar 1892
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Novelist
Religion:Unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Three Guineas
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Politics, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPublished 2 June 1938 by the Hogarth Press
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:18234
Source:Vita Sackville-West
Editor:Louise DeSalvo
Title:The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:n/a
Page:440
Additional Comments:
Quotation taken from a letter dated 15 June 1938 written by Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf. Additional editor Mitchell A. Leaska.
Citation:
Vita Sackville-West, Louise DeSalvo (ed.), The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf, (Great Britain, 1984), p. 440, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18234, accessed: 29 March 2024
Additional Comments:
Vita mentions the title of Virginia's book earlier in the letter. Virginia tells Vita in a letter dated 1 June 1938 that she is sending her a copy of the book, adding that it "comes out tomorrow".