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Record Number: 12817


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My reviewing has been mixing me up with literary folk lately. One ?George Paston? (niece of John Addington Symonds) whose 3 books I have consistently belauded wants to behold me in the flesh, & she is going to; I like her work much.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1894 and 11 Dec 1895

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

George Paston

Title:

A Modern Amazon, A Bread and Butter Miss, A Study in Prejudices

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1894 and 1895

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

12817

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:

31

Additional Comments:

Letter from AB to George Sturt, dated 11 Dec 95, from 6 Victoria Grove.

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 31, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12817, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

'George Paston' was Emily Morse Symonds, 1860-1936.

   
   
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