Record Number: 18454

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'He sat down on the floor beside me, and helped me to look up "droil". "What's this?" he said, taking up my proofs. I simpered. He took them out into the garden, spread a rug very carefully on the grass, and began to read. I fled upstairs and packed. After an hour I re-appeared. The Laureate was still reading.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 9 Mar 1892 and 28 Jun 1926

Country:

England

Time

morning: Earlier in the letter Vita mentions that her conversation with Bridges takes place 'after breakfast'.

Place:

city: Weald, Sevenoaks
county: Kent
specific address: Long Barn

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:

Robert Bridges

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Poet

Religion:

Unknown

Country of Origin:

Unknown

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:

Vita Sackville-West

Title:

The Land

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet, Proofs

Publication Details

Published by Heinemann

Provenance

read in situ
Robert Bridges was reading proofs owned by Vita Sackville-West

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18454

Source:

Print

Author:

Vita Sackville-West

Editor:

Nigel Nicolson

Title:

Vita and Harold

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1992

Vol:

n/a

Page:

148

Additional Comments:

Quotation taken from a letter dated 28 June 1926 written by Vita Sackville-West to Harold Nicolson.

Citation:

Vita Sackville-West, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), Vita and Harold, (Great Britain, 1992), p. 148, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18454, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

The editor has added a footnote explaining that Robert Bridges was Poet Laureate and that Vita had been staying the night at his house near Oxford.