| Evidence: | '[Walter] Besant told [William Robertson] Nicoll that no sooner had he read "The Light that Failed" (1891) on a long train journey than he started it again and read it through a second time.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899, 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1891 and 9 Jun 1901 | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: On board train | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Walter Besant |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 14 Aug 1836 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Rudyard Kipling |
| Title: | The Light that Failed |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 3905 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Philip Waller | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 2006 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 959 n.152 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 (Oxford, 2006), p. 959 n.152, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3905, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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