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Record 25856

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
I offer you my sincere & almost violent congratulations on 'C'. I have been greatly impressed by it. It held me throughout its immense length.
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jun and 28 Jun 1924
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: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: Maurice Baring
Title: C
Genre: Fiction, Social Science
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: June 1924
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 25856  
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: 222
  Additional comments: In a letter from Arnold Bennett to Maurice Baring, from Yacht Marie Marguerit, Southampton, dated 28-6-24

Citation: Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931 (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 222, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25856, accessed: 19 April 2024

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