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Record Number: 14698


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Orage has sent me your communication as to Frank Harris. Naturally I was the reviewer. Harris was much moved by the review, & came down to see me. He is certainly one of the most extraordinary men I ever met.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 5 Nov 1908

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Villa des N?fliers

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:

Frank Harris

Title:

The Bomb

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

John Long,1908

Provenance

unknown
sent to him for review


Source Information:

Record ID:

14698

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:

229

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Bennett to H.G. Wells, dated 18 Nov. 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. 229, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14698, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

editor's note: (p.228) 'The Bomb' . . . was described by Bennett in a review in the New Age on 5 November as 'a book very courageous, impulsively generous, and of shining distinction'.

   
   
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