Record Number: 26021

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

I have new books by Maurice Baring, Sylvia Lynd, and W Gerhardi lying unread and they are all coming to dinner on the 17th inst.! And I shan’t have read anything of them by that time. I only read in bed, and before napping in the afternoon . . .

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

4 Nov 1925

Country:

England

Time

afternoon: 'before napping in the afternoon'
night: 'in bed'

Place:

other location: 'in bed'

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:

unknown

Genre:

Fiction, Autobiog / Diary, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26021

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:

253

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Arnold Bennett to Harriet Cohen, from [75, Cadogan Square], dated 4-11-25

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931 (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 253, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26021, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None