Record Number: 19720

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[in journal entry] from E.O. S[iepmann]'s notebook Free spirit liable to possession or obsession... Debauchery is the most frozen isolation to which man can condemn himself...'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Apr 1936 and 28 Apr 1936

Country:

Spain

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Torremolinos

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:

Antonia White

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

31 Mar 1899

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

[lapsed] Catholic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Spain

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

christened Eirene Botting

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Eric Siepmann

Title:

[notebook]

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
read at his villa in Spain

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19720

Source:

Print

Author:

Antonia White

Editor:

Susan Chitty

Title:

Antonia White. Diaries 1926-1957

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1991

Vol:

I

Page:

72

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Antonia White, Susan Chitty (ed.), Antonia White. Diaries 1926-1957, (London, 1991), I, p. 72, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19720, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None