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Record 7029

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I have just read the latter. ["The Lost Girl".] It is very remarkable indeed, and would be great if it had a real theme and some construction. This man is a genius, and is far and away the best of the younger school.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jan 1920 and 30 Nov 1920
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/editor/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: D.H. Lawrence
Title: Lost Girl, The
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1920
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 7029  
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: 288
  Additional comments: in a letter from Arnold Bennett to J.B. Pinker , 30 November 1920, from 12B George Street, London

Citation: Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker (London: Oxford University Press, 1966), 1, p. 288, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7029, accessed: 28 March 2024

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