Record Number: 3781
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Then I woke up, switched on the light, & began to read Venus & Adonis. It's pretty stuff - rather like the Death of Procris'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Dec 1915 and 11 Dec 1915
Country:France
Timen/anight
Place:city: Bandol
county: Provence
specific address: Hotel Beau Rivage
(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:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Venus and Adonis
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:3781
Source:Katherine Mansfield
Editor:Vincent O'Sullivan
Title:Katherine Mansfield: Selected Letters
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1990
Vol:n/a
Page:39
Additional Comments:
Letter from Katherine Mansfield to J.M. Murry, 11 Dec, 1915
Citation:
Katherine Mansfield, Vincent O'Sullivan (ed.), Katherine Mansfield: Selected Letters, (Oxford, 1990), p. 39, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3781, accessed: 30 April 2025
Additional Comments:
None