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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945Saturday 29 April 1939: 'Yesterday I went out [...] to walk in London [makes various observations] [...] So into Cannon St. Bought a paper with Hitler's speech. Read it o...Virginia Woolf Adolf HitlerSpeech denouncing 1935 Anglo-German Naval Agreemen...Print: Newspaper
1900-1945Saturday 29 April 1939: 'Yesterday I went out [...] to walk in London [makes various observations] [...] So into Cannon St. Bought a paper with Hitler's speech. Read it o...Virginia Woolf Geoffrey ChaucerunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945Saturday 29 February 1936: 'I read Quennel [sic] on Byron: dont like that young mans clever agile thin blooded mind'.Virginia Woolf Peter QuennellByron. The Years of FamePrint: Book
1900-1945Saturday 31 August 1935: 'Read Hind & Panther. D.H.L. by E. (good) & slept.'Virginia Woolf John DrydenThe Hind and the PantherPrint: Book
1900-1945Saturday 31 August 1935: 'Read Hind & Panther. D.H.L. by E. (good) & slept.'Virginia Woolf Jessie ChambersD. H. Lawrence: A Personal RecordPrint: Book
1900-1945Saturday 31 July [entry headed 'My Own Brain,' and beginning 'Here is a whole nervous breakdown in miniature']: 'A desire to read poetry set in on Friday. This brings bac...Virginia Woolf Robert BridgesunknownPrint: Unknown
1900-1945Saturday 31 July [entry headed 'My Own Brain,' and beginning 'Here is a whole nervous breakdown in miniature']: 'A desire to read poetry set in on Friday. This brings bac...Virginia Woolf Dante AlighieriunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945Saturday 7 September 1935: 'A heavenly quiet morning reading Alfieri by the open window & not smoking [...] I've stopped 2 days now The Years [novel in progress]:& feel t...Virginia Woolf John BaileyJohn Bailey, 1864-1931, Letters and DiariesPrint: Book
1900-1945Saturday 7 September 1935: 'A heavenly quiet morning reading Alfieri by the open window & not smoking [...] I've stopped 2 days now The Years [novel in progress]:& feel t...Virginia Woolf Vittorio AlfieriunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945Sunday 11 January 1936: 'A very fine day [...] I read Borrow's Wild Wales, into which I can plunge head foremost [...] then [...] to tea with Nessa [sister] [...] Home, &...Virginia Woolf George BorrowWild WalesPrint: Book
1900-1945Sunday 11 January 1936: 'A very fine day [...] I read Borrow's Wild Wales, into which I can plunge head foremost [...] then [...] to tea with Nessa [sister] [...] Home, &...Virginia Woolf Harry J. GreenwallThe Strange Life of Willy ClarksonPrint: Book
1900-1945Sunday 14 April 1935: 'Now for Alfieri & Nash & other notables: so happy I was reading alone last night [...] I read Annie S. Swan on her life with considerable respect. ...Virginia Woolf Vittorio AlfieriunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945Sunday 14 April 1935: 'Now for Alfieri & Nash & other notables: so happy I was reading alone last night [...] I read Annie S. Swan on her life with considerable respect. ...Virginia Woolf John SummersonJohn Nash, Architect to King George IVPrint: Book
1900-1945Sunday 14 April 1935: 'Now for Alfieri & Nash & other notables: so happy I was reading alone last night [...] I read Annie S. Swan on her life with considerable respect. ...Virginia Woolf Annie S. SwanMy LifePrint: Book
1900-1945Sunday 14 February 1915: 'I am now reading a later volume of Michelet, which is superb, & the only tolerable history.' Virginia Woolf Jules MicheletHistoire de FrancePrint: Book
1900-1945Sunday 14 May 1933: 'I am reading -- skipping -- the Sacred Fount [by Henry James] -- about the most inappropriate of all books for this din -- sitting by the open window...Virginia Woolf Henry JamesThe Sacred FountPrint: Book
1900-1945Sunday 14 October 1934: 'I cant write. When will my brain revive? in 10 days I think. And it can read admirably. I began [Thomson's] The Seasons last night; after Eddie [...Virginia Woolf James ThomsonThe SeasonsPrint: Book
1900-1945Sunday 14 October 1934: 'I cant write. When will my brain revive? in 10 days I think. And it can read admirably. I began [Thomson's] The Seasons last night; after Eddie [...Virginia Woolf Edward Sackville-WestThe Sun in CapricornPrint: Book
1900-1945Sunday 15 January 1933: 'I am reading Parnell.'Virginia Woolf R. Barry O'BrienThe Life of Charles Stuart ParnellPrint: Book
1900-1945Sunday 15 May 1921: 'I read 4 pages of sneer & condescending praise of me in the Dial the other day. Oddly enough, I have drawn the sting of it by deciding to print it am...Virginia Woolf Kenneth Burke'The Modern English Novel Plus' (review of Virgini...Print: Serial / periodical


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