Record Number: 13638

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Have you read the fist Realistic Scotch Novel?The House with the Green Shutters? It is not first class but it is glorious after Barrie, Maclaren, Crockett & Co. You see Scotland in it for the first time in your life.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

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

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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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Douglas (pseud. of George Douglas Brown, 1869-1902)

Title:

The House with the Green Shutters

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: John McQueen, 1901

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

13638

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:

163

Additional Comments:

Letter from Bennett to H.G.Wells dated 23 Nov 1901, 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. 163, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13638, accessed: 18 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None