Record Number: 6025

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'...he continued to . . . reassess his first loves, such as Balzac, whom he begins to doubt: in May 1926 he finds him "thin and tedious", says he will try "Splendeurs et Miseres des Courtisanes" again, and "if that won't pass, I'll try 'Cousine Bette', which I think is the finest Balzac . . ."'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

8 May 1926

Country:

England and France

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 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:

Balzac

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6025

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Drabble

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arnold Bennett

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

n/a

Page:

288

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett (London, 1974), p. 288, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6025, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

author's note: 'Journals, entry for 8 May 1926'.