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Record Number: 7049


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I congratulate you on ?Prohack?. It is brilliant and I have read it with intense admiration.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1922 and 22 Apr 1922

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Algernon Methuen Marshall

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

27 May 1856

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

publisher

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Title:

Mr Prohack

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Methuen, May 1922

Provenance

owned
Methuen was the publisher


Source Information:

Record ID:

7049

Source:

Print

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Editor:

James Hepburn

Title:

Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker

Place of Publication:

London: Oxford University Press

Date of Publication:

1966

Vol:

1

Page:

312

Additional Comments:

in a letter to Arnold Bennett from A Methuen, 22 April 1922.

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker (London: Oxford University Press, 1966), 1, p. 312, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7049, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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