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Record Number: 14646


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The N.A. is not advocating immediately practical ideas. It is preparing opinion for ideas which will in future be practical. I think it is a devilish good paper. Read the review of Rees book on India in this week?s. '

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 10 Sep 1907 and 4 May 1907

Country:

France

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:

France

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown

Title:

review of 'The Real India'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

14646

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:

223

Additional Comments:

Letter to Charles Young, postmarked 4 May 1908., from Villa des Nefliers

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 223, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14646, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

review was of 'The Real India' by Sir John David Rees

   
   
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