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Record Number: 5541


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In a letter to Mrs Herzog he says: "Wells's new novel, Marriage, of which I have just read the proofs, contains more intimate conveyances of the atmosphere of married life than anybody has ever achieved before, I am rather annoyed as I am about to try and get the same intimacy in my Clayhanger-Hilda book, entitled These Twain.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

14 Apr 1914

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 1912

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer/editor/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



Text Being Read:

Author:

H. G. Wells

Title:

Marriage

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown, proofs of book

Publication Details

London 1912

Provenance

n/a


Source Information:

Record ID:

5541

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Drabble

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arnold Bennett

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

n/a

Page:

201

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett (London, 1974), p. 201, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5541, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

author's note: Letter from AB to Mrs Herzog of 14 April 1912, in 'Letters', vol 2

   
   
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