Record Number: 18705

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In your "Literary Notes and News" of Monday you state that George Smith paid Browning ?12,500 for the first five years? rights in The Ring and the Book. It is just as well that this munificent printer?s error should be set right at once. The sum was ?1,250.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 15 Dec 1916 and 2 Jan 1917

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:

Westminster Gazette

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

1916

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18705

Source:

Print

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Editor:

James Hepburn

Title:

Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931

Place of Publication:

London: Oxford University Press

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

III

Page:

23

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Arnold Bennett to the Editor of the Westminster Gazette dated January 2 [1917] from Comarques

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931 (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 23, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18705, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None