Record Number: 25859

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Many thanks for so kindly sending me your book. Of course I read the essay on myself when it appeared in the Mercury. (One never misses these things.) Equally of course I did not agree with all of it, but at any rate I thought it very able...'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1924 and 5 Sep 1924

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:

J.B. Priestley

Title:

Figures in Modern Literature

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1924

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25859

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:

224

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Arnold Bennett to J.B. Priestley, from 75 Cadogan Square, dated 5th September 1924

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931 (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 224, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=25859, accessed: 18 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None