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Record Number: 24499


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

I have read 'Roasted Angels' and I now return it. It is a very unusual and even a very remarkable play. It is full of wit and fancy and most admirably written. I should like to know who H. Hamer is. He, or she, must have been writing for quite some little time.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 29 May 1922

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

London

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:

H Hamer [anon]

Title:

Roasted Angels

Genre:

Drama, Geography / Travel, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
sent to him


Source Information:

Record ID:

24499

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:

164

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Arnold Bennett to Edith Sitwell, [from 12B George Street], dated 29th May 1922

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931 (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 164, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=24499, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

author (unknown ) said to be H Hamer

   
   
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