Record Number: 14566

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'When I landed at Newhaven a few days ago, the first printed thing that caught my eye was a newspaper placard: "Vice in the Potteries: Shocking Details." It was a London newspaper. Soon afterwards I learnt about the "crusade" of the Honourable and Reverend Leonard Tyrwhitt.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Dec 1903 and 26 Dec 1903

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Newhaven

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:

Title:

Vice in the Potteries: Shocking Details

Genre:

newspaper placard

Form of Text:

Print: newspaper placard

Publication Details

December, 1903

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

14566

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:

183

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Bennet to the Staffordshire Sentinel, about 26 December, 1903 (editor's note) from 179 Waterloo Road, Burslem.

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 183, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14566, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None