Record Number: 18732
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Friday 27 November 1936, following lunch at Claridges with others including Sir Ronald Storrs: 'Sir R. Storrs. [...] stolid, second rate, a snob, & very vain [...] Reads seasonally: Dante: Homer: Shakespeare.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:unknown
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1881
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Former Governor of Jerusalem and the Judaea; Cyprus, and Northern Rhodesia
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Divine Comedy
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18732
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Anne Olivier Bell
Title:The Diary of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:5
Page:37
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1984), 5, p. 37, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18732, accessed: 09 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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