| Evidence: | 'For a long time I have been intending to write to you, & express my appreciation of your work, & slso to ask what is your connection with Burselem & the potteries, Burslem ( where I come from) is mentioned at the beginning of 'The Time Machine', & one of your short stories runs over the entire pottery district? I forget the title of it .
I enclose my review of your last book.'
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1897 and 30 Sep 1897 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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/editor/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: | H.G. Wells |
| Title: | The Invisible Man |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1897 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 13021 | |
| 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: | 88 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from AB to H.G. Wells, dated 30 Sept 97, 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. 88, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13021, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| editor's note: The most recent of Wells's books was 'The Invisible Man' , which Bennett had praised in Woman on 29 September 1897 for its understanding of science and human character, and criticized for its carelessness of style. |
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