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Record Number: 3536


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Lane's reader was John Buchan, who read 'A Man from the North' and liked it, although he said it would not be popular.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 16 May 1896 and 28 May 1896

Country:

UK

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:

John Buchan

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1875

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

UK

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Title:

The Man from the North

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet, proofs

Publication Details

Lane: 1898

Provenance

n/a


Source Information:

Record ID:

3536

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Drabble

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arnold Bennett

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

n/a

Page:

66

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett (London, 1974), p. 66, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3536, accessed: 16 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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