Record Number: 19788

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Leonard Woolf to Robert Trevlyan, 11 February 1906: 'Very many thanks for Fry's book [The Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds]. It seems, though I have only had time to dip into it, extremely interesting.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1906 and 11 Feb 1906

Country:

Ceylon

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:

Leonard Woolf

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

25 Nov 1880

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Colonial civil servant

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Ceylon

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Roger Fry

Title:

The Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19788

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Frederic Spotts

Title:

Letters of Leonard Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1990

Vol:

n/a

Page:

113

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Frederic Spotts (ed.), Letters of Leonard Woolf, (London, 1990), p. 113, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19788, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None