Record Number: 12295
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'. . . I have just finished Guy de Maupassant?s Bel Ami. One of the most obviously truthful, British-matron-shocking, disgusting, attractive, overwhelmingly-powerful novels I have ever read. It would be a good antidote to Le Jardin de Berenice. Would you like it?'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1893 and 24 May 1893
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:27 May 1867
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:lawyer's clerk
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Bel-Ami
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:12295
Source:Arnold Bennett
Editor:James Hepburn
Title:Letters of Arnold Bennett
Place of Publication:London: Oxford University Press
Date of Publication:1968
Vol:II
Page:7-8
Additional Comments:
Letter from Bennett to George Sturt from 6 Victoria Grove, Chelsea, London dated 24.v.93
Citation:
Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 7-8, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12295, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None