Record Number: 15365

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In reply to Mr. Archer?s letter, the authors? procedure, as regards the year 1860, was this. They practically read through the whole of Punch for that year, and chose a number of conversational phrases from its dialogues. They were much struck by the prevalence in 1850 of phrases which they had imagined to be quite modern.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 7 Mar 1912

Country:

England

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:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Punch

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, satire

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

1860

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

15365

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:

305

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Bennett to the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, dated 7 March [1912].

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 305, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=15365, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Refers to the play 'Milestones' written with E. Knoblock