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Record Number: 8713


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'A Mummer's Wife [title in italics] had impressed him very much with its power and its Staffordshire setting.'

Century:

1850-1899, 1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

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


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.

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

George Moore

Title:

A Mummer's Wife

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1885

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

8713

Source:

Print

Author:

Frank Swinnerton

Editor:

T O Beachcroft

Title:

Arnold Bennett

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1950

Vol:

n/a

Page:

12

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Frank Swinnerton, T O Beachcroft (ed.), Arnold Bennett (London, 1950), p. 12, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=8713, accessed: 16 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Secondary source.

   
   
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