Record Number: 3799
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I read the lonely Nietzsche: but I felt a bit ashamed of my feelings for this man in the past. He is, if you like, "human, all too human." Read until late. I felt wretched simply beyond words. Life was like sawdust and sand.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:1 Feb 1915
Country:England
Timen/anight: until late
Place:city: Missenden
county: Bucks
(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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3799
Source:Katherine Mansfield
Editor:J Middleton Murry
Title:Journal of Katherine Mansfield
Place of Publication:Hamburg Paris Bologna
Date of Publication:1935
Vol:n/a
Page:42
Additional Comments:
diary entry 1 Feb 1915
Citation:
Katherine Mansfield, J Middleton Murry (ed.), Journal of Katherine Mansfield, (Hamburg Paris Bologna, 1935), p. 42, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3799, accessed: 29 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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