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Record 26281

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
I have read a lot of 'The Vatican Swindle' and also 'The School of Women'. I see in the course of a year a large number of American translations, and I have not yet seen one which was not extremely inferior to Madame Bussy’s translation of you.
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Until: 11 Mar 1929
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/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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: André Gide
Title: The Vatican Swindle
Genre: Fiction, Essays / Criticism
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 26281  
Source - Print  
  Author: Arnold Bennett
  Editor: James Hepburn
  Title: Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931
  Place of Publication: London: Oxford University Press
  Date of Publication: 1970
  Vol: III
  Page: 320
  Additional comments: In a letter from Arnold Bennett to André Gide, [from 75 Cadogan Square], dated 11th March, 1929

Citation: Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931 (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 320, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26281, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

refers to an American translation of Gide's novel

 

 

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