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Record Number: 24873


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

It is not an article at all. [‘Adrien van de Venne’ in Studies (Dublin), June 1923] It is a romance, a drama, an epic; and puts you in the grande lignée des collectionneurs. I read it with greatest interest, and pride in you. I shall certainly not return it. I shall keep it to astound people with.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 5 Aug 1923

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


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:

Thomas Bodkin

Title:

Adrien van de Venne

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

'Studies', (Dublin), June 1923

Provenance

borrowed (other)
sent to Bennett by author


Source Information:

Record ID:

24873

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:

193

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Arnold Bennett to Thomas Bodkin, from Yacht Marie Marguerite, dated 5.8.23.

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931 (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 193, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=24873, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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