Record Number: 4598

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'. . . her short stories, 'The Little Karoo', all set in the South Africa of her childhood, were widely admired and are still remembered. Bennett must have felt a justified pride in writing an introduction for the collection, in 1925, describing himself as "the earliest wondering admirer of her strange, austere, tender and ruthless talent"'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1909 and 1925

Country:

France and 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

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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/editor/reviewer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France and England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Pauline Smith

Title:

The Little Karoo

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London, 1925

Provenance

unknown
may have read some stories in manuscript

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4598

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Drabble

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arnold Bennett

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

n/a

Page:

171

Additional Comments:

Preface to Pauline Smith, 'The Little Karoo', London 1925

Citation:

Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett (London, 1974), p. 171, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4598, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None