Record Number: 18457
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Darling, do you know what I did last night after writing to you? I meant to finish my lecture, but fell to reading the Georgics (mine, not Virgil's), and really I thought they were rather good.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:25 Sep 1926
Country:England
Timen/anight
Place:city: Weald, Sevenoaks
county: Kent
specific address: Long Barn
(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:Female
Date of Birth:9 Mar 1892
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Novelist
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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Land
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication DetailsPublished 1926
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:18457
Source:Vita Sackville-West
Editor:Nigel Nicolson
Title:Vita and Harold
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1992
Vol:n/a
Page:163
Additional Comments:
Quotation taken from a letter dated 26 September 1926 written by Vita Sackville-West to Harold Nicolson.
Citation:
Vita Sackville-West, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), Vita and Harold, (Great Britain, 1992), p. 163, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18457, accessed: 29 March 2024
Additional Comments:
The editor has added in brackets that the Georgics is "The Land", Vita Sackville-West's poem. She and Harold referred to it by as the Georgics in their correspondence.