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Record 17286

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I read 'Higuerota' again not long since, I always think of that book as 'Higuerota', the said mountain being the principal personage in the story, When I first read it I thought it the finest novel of this generation (bar none), and I am still thinking so.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Until: 22 Nov 1912
Country: unknown
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: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: unknown
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Joseph Conrad
Title: Nostromo
Genre: Fiction, Essays / Criticism
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 17286  
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: 321
  Additional comments: Letter from Arnold Bennett to Joseph Conrad, dated 22nd November 1912 from 14 St. Simon's Avenue

Citation: Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 321, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17286, accessed: 28 March 2024

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