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Record Number: 13045


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Have you read Housman?s poems A Shropshire Lad? They are only immortal, that?s all. I take them as a tonic.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

17 Dec 1899

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/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:

A. E. Housman

Title:

A Shropshire Lad

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1896

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

13045

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:

128

Additional Comments:

Letter from AB to Thomas Lloyd Humberstone, dated 17 Dec 99, from 9, Fulham Park Gardens

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 128, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13045, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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