| Evidence: | 'I have just read Marie Corelli?s new book?my first of hers. I can now understand both her popularity & the critics? contempt.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Oct 1895 and 29 Oct 1895 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Arnold Bennett |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 27 May 1867 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer/journalist/reviewer |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Marie Corelli |
| Title: | Sorrows of Satan |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | October, 1895 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 12808 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Arnold Bennett | |
| Editor: | James Hepburn | |
| Title: | Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 | |
| Place of Publication: | London: Oxford University Press | |
| Date of Publication: | 1968 | |
| Vol: | II | |
| Page: | 24 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from AB to George Sturt, dated 29 Oct 95, from 6 Victoria Grove. |
| Citation: | Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 24, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12808, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| editor's note: "Marie Corelli (1855-1924) published one of her most successful novels, 'Sorrows of Satan' in October 1895." Presumably, this was the novel Bennett was reading. |
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