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Record Number: 26290


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Thank you for your appreciative letter. I am glad to have it. I did not say that 'A High Wind' would be the best book of the autumn. As for Powys, he is a friend of mine, but I could not get on with his book, and so I have said nothing about it. I think that you have touched its weak spot in saying that it is too abnormal.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 30 Sep 1929

Country:

n/a

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:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Richard Hughes

Title:

A High Wind in Jamaica

Genre:

Fiction, Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

September, 1929

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

26290

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:

328

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Arnold Bennett to Wilfred Hardie, addressed 75, Cadogan Square, dated 30th September 1929

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931 (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 328, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26290, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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