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Record Number: 25870


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

I venture to write a very few words about your book on me. It has given me great pleasure. . . . The book is incomparably better than Darton’s—at any rate than the first edition of Darton’s. I never read the second.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 20 Jan 1925

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:

L.G. Johnson

Title:

Arnold Bennett of the Five Towns

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1924

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

25870

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:

233

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Arnold Bennett to L.G. Johnson, from 75 Cadogan Square, dated 20th January 1925

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931 (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 233, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=25870, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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