Record Number: 25131
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have just read DH Lawrence's "Kangaroo". How I hated (in italics) it! Altho I think the Chapter about the War is well written, but it is so full of Spite, bitterness & nasty "cur" like ( in italics) snarly feeling. Odd again, for I never saw that side of him. have you read his "Letters"?'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 12 Nov 1932 and 9 Jan 1933
Country:Englnd
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: 10 Gower Street WC1
(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:16 Jun 1873
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Englnd
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Kangaroo
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1923
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:25131
Source:Ottoline Morrell
Editor:helen Shaw
Title:Dear Lady Ginger an exchange of letters between Lady Ottoline Morrell and D' Arcy Cresswell together with Ottoline Morrell's essay on Katherine Mansfield
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:n/a
Page:49
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Ottoline Morrell, helen Shaw (ed.), Dear Lady Ginger an exchange of letters between Lady Ottoline Morrell and D' Arcy Cresswell together with Ottoline Morrell's essay on Katherine Mansfield , (London, 1984), p. 49, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25131, accessed: 26 April 2025
Additional Comments:
It is important to remember the extent to which Ottoline Morrell was crushed by Lawrence's unflattering and loosely veiled references to her in Women in Love published in 1920. Her use of capital letters is not necessarily linked to this however, as this is a trait in her writing.
