Record Number: 14699
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I wish I hadn?t read the first part of 'Tono-Bungay' so often. I shall have to read it yet again in order to get the hang of the last part.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 23 Nov 1908
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Villa des N?fliers
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:Male
Date of Birth:27 May 1867
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer/journalist/reviewer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Tono Bungay
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book, proofs of novel
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
sent to him
Source Information:
Record ID:14699
Source:Arnold Bennett
Editor:James Hepburn
Title:Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915
Place of Publication:London: Oxford University Press
Date of Publication:1968
Vol:II
Page:232
Additional Comments:
In a letter from Bennett to H.G. Wells, dated 23 Nov. 1908 from Villa des Nefliers
Citation:
Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 232, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14699, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
editor's note: (p.232) 'Tono Bungay' began appearing in the English Review in December 1908, and Bennett apparently had read proofs of the first part.
