| Evidence: | '. . . her short stories, 'The Little Karoo', all set in the South Africa of her childhood, were widely admired and are still remembered. Bennett must have felt a justified pride in writing an introduction for the collection, in 1925, describing himself as "the earliest wondering admirer of her strange, austere, tender and ruthless talent"'. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1909 and 1925 | ||||||||||
| Country: | France and England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| 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: | France and England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Pauline Smith |
| Title: | The Little Karoo |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | London, 1925 |
| Provenance: | unknown may have read some stories in manuscript |
| Record ID: | 4598 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Margaret Drabble | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Arnold Bennett | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 171 | |
| Additional comments: | Preface to Pauline Smith, 'The Little Karoo', London 1925 |
| Citation: | Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett (London, 1974), p. 171, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4598, accessed: 31 March 2023 | |
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