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Record Number: 6990


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

The contract is not entirely in my favour, and neither you nor any other experienced manager would be so foolish as to sign a contract entirely in favour of the other party.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1916 and 4 Sep 1916

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Comarques, France

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:

legal contract

Genre:

Law, a draft legal contract

Form of Text:

Print: draft legal contract

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

6990

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:

243

Additional Comments:

in a letter to Miss Keane ,Sep 4, 1916, from Comarques

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker (London: Oxford University Press, 1966), 1, p. 243, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6990, accessed: 24 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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