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Record 13620

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I perceive you couldn?t keep your new house out of the "Fortnightly"! This third article is the best yet. I have never seen so good an illustration of the scientific use of imagination.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jun 1901 and 3 Jun 1901
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Hockliffe
county: Beds
specific address: Trinity Hall Farm
   
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: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: H. G. Wells
Title: Anticipations
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Science
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: 'Fortnightly', 1 June 1901
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 13620  
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: 157
  Additional comments: In a letter from A.B. to H.G. Wells dated 3rd June 1901 from Trinity Hall Farm

Citation: Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 157, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13620, accessed: 24 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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