Record Number: 17993
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Wednesday 5 December 1917: 'L[eonard]. reading Life of Dilke [...] I'm past the middle of Purgatorio, but find it stiff, the meaning more than the language, I think.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Dec 1917 and 5 Dec 1917
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1880
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Jewish
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author:Stephen Gwynne and Gertrude Tuckwell
Title:Life of Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke
Genre:Biography, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details2 vols, 1917
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17993
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Anne Olivier Bell
Title:The Diary of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1977
Vol:1
Page:84
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1977), 1, p. 84, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17993, accessed: 13 February 2025
Additional Comments:
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