Record Number: 5573

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'. . . reading the reviews, not even the book, of Mrs Parnell's "Life of Parnell". There was a full-page review in "The Times" of 19 May, and on 21 May another long piece in "The Times Literary Supplement", which Bennett read, and which emphasized the passionate nature of Parnell's love . . . '

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

21 May 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

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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:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Times Literary Supplement, The

Genre:

reviews of "Life of Parnell"

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

21 May 1914

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5573

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:

these reviews gave Bennett 'the final impulse' for his new novel "These Twain".

Citation:

Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett (London, 1974), p. 201, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5573, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

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