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Record Number: 14581


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'. . . every evening after dinner he read "Whom God Hath Joined" . . . to Agnes and me. [Eleanor Green] I remember objecting to the daughter in the book, giving her father away . . . and having a heated argument with the author in consequence.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 4 Aug 1906

Country:

France

Time

evening

Place:

city: Paris

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive 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:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Eleanor Green and her sister Agnes Green


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Title:

Whom God Hath Joined

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: or published book?

Publication Details

London 1906

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

14581

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:

210

Additional Comments:

in an editor's footnote: 'Eleanor Green . . . wrote an account of her youth, and some portion of it is preserved in a transcript made by Reginald Pound.' Quotations follow.

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 210, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14581, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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