Record Number: 4035

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'. . . then Edith Sitwell appeared, her nose longer than an ant-eaters, and read some of her absurd stuff...'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

27 Jun 1921

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: London

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:

Edith Sitwell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1887

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

T.S. Eliot, Mrs Arnold Bennett, Lytton Strachey

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Edith Sitwell

Title:

poems

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4035

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Drabble

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arnold Bennett

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

n/a

Page:

137

Additional Comments:

author's note: Letter from Lytton Strachey to Dora Carrington of 28 June 1921, quoted by Michael Holroyd in 'Lytton Strachey; A Critical Biography' (London 1967)

Citation:

Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett, (London, 1974), p. 137, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4035, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

secondary source