Record Number: 18533
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Thursday 7 December 1933: 'I was walking through Leicester Sqre -- how far from China -- just now when I read Death of noted Novelist on the poster. And I thought of Hugh Walpole. But it is Stella Benson [...] I did not know her, but have a sense of those fine patient eyes; the weak voice; the cough; the sense of oppression. She sat on the terrace with me at Rodmell [Woolf's country residence]. And now, so quickly, it is gone, what might have been a friendship [reflects further on acquaintanceship with Benson] [...] How mournful the afternoon seems, with the newspaper carts dashing away up Kingsway "Death of Noted Novelist" on the placard [...] Why not my name on the posters?'
Century:1900-1945
Date:7 Dec 1933
Country:England
Timeafternoon
Place:city: London
specific address: Leicester Square
(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: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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:announcement of death of Stella Benson
Genre:Ephemera, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Poster
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:18533
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Anne Olivier Bell
Title:The Diary of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1982
Vol:4
Page:192
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1982), 4, p. 192, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18533, accessed: 24 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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