Record Number: 18335

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Tuesday 2 February 1932: 'I am reading Wells' science of life, & have reached the hen that became a cock or vice versa.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1932 and 2 Feb 1932

Country:

England

Time

n/a

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:

Virginia Woolf

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

25 Jan 1882

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

H. G. Wells

Title:

The Science of Life

Genre:

Science, Natural history

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1930

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18335

Source:

Print

Author:

Virginia Woolf

Editor:

Anne Olivier Bell

Title:

The Diary of Virginia Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1982

Vol:

4

Page:

68-69

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1982), 4, p. 68-69, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18335, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Woolf refers to 'the case of [...] "a three-year-old Buff Orpington" in Section 7, "Reversal of Sex", vol. II, p.374 of H. G. Wells' The Science of Life, 1930' -- source ed., p.69 n.4.