Record Number: 5804

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Intellectually, he seems to have been most concerned with the affairs of Middleton Murry's new periodical, the "Adelphi". . . . doesn't like Murry's layout and advertising. . .criticized Middleton Murry's editorials about his late wife Katherine Mansfield. . . . Bennett's letters about this problem are a model of tact . . .'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

10 Sep 1923

Country:

England and France

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: sailing off the south coast of England

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 and France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Mioddleton Murry

Title:

Adelphi, The

Genre:

Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Autobiog / Diary, Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

first issue, June 1923

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5804

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Drabble

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arnold Bennett

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

n/a

Page:

283

Additional Comments:

author's note: Letter from A.B. to John Middleton Murry of 10 September 1923, in Letters, vol. 3.

Citation:

Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett (London, 1974), p. 283, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5804, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None