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Record Number: 3858


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Bennett] '. . .reread Balzac and de Maupassant and wondered whether he would be acccused of plagiarism.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Paris

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 1863

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

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:

Honore de Balzac

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

3858

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Drabble

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arnold Bennett

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

n/a

Page:

111

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett (London, 1974), p. 111, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3858, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

Secondary source.

   
   
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