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Record Number: 13613


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have perused his [Eden Philpott's] agreeable verse in February Pall Mall Mag. I think that while Halkett has done very well with the illustrations he has gone very much off in his fiction department.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1900 and 22 Jan 1900

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/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:

Eden Phillpotts

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Pall Mall Magazine, February 1900

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

13613

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:

129

Additional Comments:

Letter from AB to Emily Phillpotts, dated 22 Jan 1900, from Trinity Hall Farm

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 129, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13613, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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