Record Number: 3769
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Do you know I have read none of the books that you mentioned. Is not that shocking - but - Sylvia - you know that little "Harold Brown" shop in Wimpole Shop [for street] - I picked up a small collection of poems entitled "The Silver Net" by Louis Vintras - and I liked some of them immensely. The atmosphere is so intense' [intense underlined]
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 24 Jan 1904 and 24 Apr 1906
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
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:Female
Date of Birth:14 Oct 1888
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Novelist and Critic
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:New Zealand
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 Silver Net
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:3769
Source:Katherine Mansfield
Editor:Vincent O'Sullivan
Title:Katherine Mansfield: Selected Letters
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1990
Vol:n/a
Page:4
Additional Comments:
Letter from Katherine Mansfield to Sylvia Payne, 24 Apr 1906
Citation:
Katherine Mansfield, Vincent O'Sullivan (ed.), Katherine Mansfield: Selected Letters, (Oxford, 1990), p. 4, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3769, accessed: 24 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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