Record Number: 6973

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'You will receive in a few days the typescript of the novel of your new client, Mrs Farley, 16 rue de la Paix. . . . I have read through the novel, and had it altered to suit my notions several times. So you can take my guarantee that it is sound, quiet, capable, library fiction, quite up to the standard.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1907 and 23 Apr 1907

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Paris

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:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Agnes Farley

Title:

Ashdod

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: typescript

Publication Details

Chapman and Hall, 1907

Provenance

n/a

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6973

Source:

Print

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Editor:

James Hepburn

Title:

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

Place of Publication:

London: Oxford University Press

Date of Publication:

1966

Vol:

1

Page:

89

Additional Comments:

In a letter to J.B. Pinker from 3 rue d'Aumale, 23 April 1907

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker (London: Oxford University Press, 1966), 1, p. 89, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6973, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None