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Record Number: 5585


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'...an article of his in the Daily News on 21 November, blaming Liberal leadership, produced from Asquith himself "a polite letter of self - justification"'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

21 Nov 1918

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:

Herbert Asquith

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

27 May 1852

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
1st Earl of Oxford

Occupation:

MP and Prime Minister 1915-1916

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:

Arnold Bennett

Title:

article in the 'Daily News'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

21 November, 1918

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

5585

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Drabble

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arnold Bennett

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

n/a

Page:

238

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett (London, 1974), p. 238, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5585, accessed: 03 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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