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Record Number: 15031


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Hence I give myself the pleasure of writing to you in order to acknowledge your "Easy Chair" article in this month?s Harper?s.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1 Mar 1911

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Villa des N?fliers

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Arnold Bennett

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:

William Dean Howells

Title:

'Easy Chair' column

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Harper's Magazine, March 1911

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

15031

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

274

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Bennett to William Dean Howells, dated st March 1911 from Villa des N?fliers.

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 274, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=15031, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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