Record Number: 20108

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Moreover, her train had arrived one-and-a-half hours before luncheon, so she had gone to the Paddington Hotel and sat in the lounge reading P.G.Wodehouse.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 21 Nov 1886 and 2 May 1938

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Paddington Hotel
location in dwelling: Lounge

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:

Ethel Smyth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Composer

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:

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20108

Source:

Print

Author:

Harold Nicolson

Editor:

Nigel Nicolson

Title:

Vita and Harold

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1992

Vol:

n/a

Page:

300

Additional Comments:

Quotation taken from a letter dated 2 May 1938 written by Harold Nicolson to Vita Sackville-West. Letter written from 4 King's Bench Walk, London.

Citation:

Harold Nicolson, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), Vita and Harold, (Great Britain, 1992), p. 300, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20108, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Harold refers to Dame Ethel Smyth, with whom he was to have lunch. In a footnote the editor notes that she was a composer and suffragette, aged eighty.