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Record Number: 4591


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'. . . Jules Claretie's "L'Histoire de la R?volution de 1870-1871." He says that he "looked at the pictures" in Claretie (though there is little doubt that he read it too). . .'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

27 Jun 1904

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


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/editor

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:

Jules Claretie

Title:

L'Histoire de la R?volution de 1870-1871

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

4591

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Drabble

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arnold Bennett

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

n/a

Page:

148

Additional Comments:

author's note: 'Journals', entry for 27 June 1904

Citation:

Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett (London, 1974), p. 148, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4591, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

one of the pictures was the slaughter of the elephants

   
   
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