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Record Number: 18949


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Thursday 24 June 1937: 'A letter from Ott. [...] She has been [italics]very[end italics] ill [following stroke] [...] but is recovering at Tunbridge Wells. Pipsy reads Emma to her, & she reads H. James to herself.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 May 1937 and 24 Jun 1937

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Tunbridge Wells

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Lady Ottoline Morrell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1873

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

artist and 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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Henry James

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18949

Source:

Print

Author:

Virginia Woolf

Editor:

Anne Olivier Bell

Title:

The Diary of Virginia Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

5

Page:

98

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1984), 5, p. 98, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18949, accessed: 08 October 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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