Record Number: 20112

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'As I read the "New Yorker" article (getting more and more indignant) I thought, "This man, although he is saying some exceedingly foolish things, is a man of intelligence who also writes very well." '

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 9 Mar 1892 and 23 Feb 1944

Country:

England

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:

Vita Sackville-West

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

9 Mar 1892

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

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:

Edmund Wilson

Title:

Through the Embassy Window; Harold Nicolson

Genre:

Social Science, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

An article published in "The New Yorker" 1 January 1944

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20112

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:

357-358

Additional Comments:

Quotation taken from a letter dated 23 February 1944 written by Vita Sackville-West to Harold Nicolson. Letter written from Sissinghurst.

Citation:

Vita Sackville-West, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), Vita and Harold, (Great Britain, 1992), p. 357-358, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20112, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None