Record Number: 17909

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Virginia Woolf to Vanessa Bell, Monday 3 October 1938: 'Yesterday the Keynes came to tea. Maynard had already summed up the situation [i.e. the Munich Crisis] in a very good article which he read us; I'll send you the N[ew]. S[tatesman] on Friday in which it appears. His view is that the whole thing was staged by Chamb[erlain].; that there was never any fear of war; that he never even consulted Russia; that it was a put-up job between him and Hitler [...] that we are sure of peace during our life time [...] and so on.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

2 Oct 1938

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Rodmell
county: Sussex

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:

John Maynard Keynes

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

5 Jun 1883

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Academic economist

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Virginia Woolf Lydia Keynes

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Maynard Keynes

Title:

article on the Munich Crisis

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17909

Source:

Print

Author:

Virginia Woolf

Editor:

Joanne Trautmann Banks

Title:

Congenial Spirits: The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1989

Vol:

n/a

Page:

412

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Joanne Trautmann Banks (ed.), Congenial Spirits: The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1989), p. 412, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17909, accessed: 14 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None