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
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Marriage
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown, proofs of book
Publication DetailsLondon 1912
Provenancen/a
Source Information:
Record ID:5541
Source:Margaret Drabble
Editor:n/a
Title:Arnold Bennett
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1974
Vol:n/a
Page:201
Additional Comments:
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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