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Record Number: 13010


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I wait only for one little incident to shape itself and then I can march on up to, & right through, my great revival scene in the Wesleyan Methodist chapel, which is to beat Harold Frederic in his own chosen field.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1896 and 31 Jan 1897

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Harold Frederic

Title:

Illumination, or, The damnation of Theron Ware

Genre:

Fiction, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: 1896

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

13010

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:

75

Additional Comments:

Letter from AB to George Sturt, dated 31 Jan. 97, from 6 Victoria Grove, London

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 75, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13010, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

editor's note: Harold Frederic (1856-98) had recently published his most famous novel, Illumination (The Damnation of Theron Ware) , whose hero is a young Methodist preacher who lapses into sin. One of the most vivid scenes is of a Methodist revival.

   
   
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