Record Number: 24869

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

I have a wonderful miniature edition of Byron’s 'Don Juan', illustrated, for you, with a staggering Victorian preface. I am bound to say, with all my modesty, that it takes me to find these things.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 31 Jul 1923

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

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:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Lord Byron

Title:

Don Juan

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

illustrated edition

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

24869

Source:

Print

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Editor:

James Hepburn

Title:

Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931

Place of Publication:

London: Oxford University Press

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

III

Page:

192

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Arnold Bennett to Harriet Cohen, from Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton [July 1923]

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931 (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 192, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=24869, accessed: 28 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None