Record Number: 15355

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The only account that I have seen of the accident, in the "Figaro", is inaccurate in every detail except the number of wounded.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 8 Jul 1911

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

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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:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Figaro

Genre:

Ephemera, newspaper report

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

15355

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:

286

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Bennett to Jane Wells, dated Saturday [8 July 1911, from Villa des N?fliers

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 286, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=15355, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

refers to a railway accident in which Bennett was involved on 6 July 1911 returning to Fontainebleau.