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Record Number: 15364


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'It may astonish you to learn that even thirty years ago?and more?"Harper?s" used to penetrate monthly into the savage wilderness of the Five Towns, and that the first literary essays I ever read were those of W.D. Howells and Russell Lowell.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1882 and 15 Feb 1912

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Stoke - on -Trent
county: Staffordshire

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:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Russell Lowell

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Harper's Magazine

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

15364

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:

302

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Bennett to Colonel George Harvey, dated 15 Feby 1912, from Hotel Californie

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 302, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=15364, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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