Evidence: | 'Just now I am reading nightly in bed Boswell?s "Life of Johnson". I suppose you know it by heart. Without doubt it is the most agreeable & diverting thing in non-imaginative literature in English.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1902 and 10 Jul 1902 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | night | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Hockliffe county: Beds specific address: Trinity Hall Farm location in dwelling: in bed |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | James Boswell |
Title: | Life of Johnson |
Genre: | Biography |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 13641 | |
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: | 170 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Bennett to John Rickard, from Trinity Hall Farm, dated 10th July 1902 |
Citation: | Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 170, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13641, accessed: 02 June 2023 |
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