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Record 18795

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I am extremely busy & my novel isn?t getting a fair chance. I solace myself with the "note books" of Samuel Butler.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 10 Nov 1917
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Thorpe - le- Soken
county: Essex
specific address: Comarques
   
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: Samuel Butler
Title: Notebooks
Genre: Fiction, Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 18795  
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: 40
  Additional comments: In a letter from Arnold Bennett to Elsie Herzog, dated 10 November,1917, from Comarques

Citation: Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931 (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 40, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18795, accessed: 19 April 2024

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