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Record Number: 6968


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'And another early serial of mine, which he [Tillotson] bought, is just beginning in La Sera, of Milan. I had the advertisement today.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1 Feb 1904

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Menton, France
specific address: Hotel d'Italie

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:

France

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Ephemera, advertisement

Form of Text:

Print: Advertisement

Publication Details

1904

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

6968

Source:

Print

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Editor:

James Hepburn

Title:

Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1966

Vol:

I

Page:

44

Additional Comments:

in Letter to J.B. Pinker, 1 Feb. 1904 from Hotel d'Italie, Menton

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker (Oxford, 1966), I, p. 44, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6968, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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