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Record Number: 6980


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have this day despatched to you in two book packets, a copy of "The Regent". You may take it positively from me that this book is all right. I have read nearly all of it aloud to friends, with enormous success.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1912 and 13 Apr 1912

Country:

unknown

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 reactive 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:

unknown

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

friends of Arnold Bennett


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Title:

Regent, The

Genre:

Fiction, History

Form of Text:

Manuscript: manuscript of new novel (typescript?)

Publication Details

1913

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

6980

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:

168

Additional Comments:

In a letter to J.B. Pinker from Hotel Californie, 13 April 1912

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker (London: Oxford University Press, 1966), 1, p. 168, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6980, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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