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Record 14565

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
"Many thanks for 'Mankind in the Making'. Like 'Anticipations' it is very wonderful, and very uneven."
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jan 1903 and 8 Oct 1903
Country: France
Time: n/a
Place: city: Paris
specific address: 4 Rue de Calais
   
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/journalist/reviewer
Religion: Christian
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: France
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: H. G. Wells
Title: Mankind in the Making
Genre: Social Science, Politics, Education
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1903
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 14565  
Source - Print  
  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: 181
  Additional comments: In a letter from Bennet to H.G. Wells dated 8 Oct 1903 from 4 Rue de Calais, Paris.

Citation: Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 181, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14565, accessed: 28 March 2024

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