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Record Number: 5798


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'He read "The Lost Girl" at the end of November just when he was himself most deeply engaged in trivia, and immediately recognizes it as "the work of a genius", Lawrence as "far and away the best of the younger school"'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1920 and 31 Nov 1920

Country:

England and France

Time

n/a

Place:

London

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 1867

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer/editor/reviewer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England and France

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

D.H. Lawrence

Title:

Lost Girl, The

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London, 1920

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

5798

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Drabble

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arnold Bennett

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

n/a

Page:

253

Additional Comments:

author's note: 'Journals', entry for 30 November 1920

Citation:

Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett (London, 1974), p. 253, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5798, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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