Evidence: | 'The description of his [the character Darius Clayhanger in Clayhanger] labours as a child, and his days in the workhouse, are not drawn from Enoch's own past, but largely from a book by William Shaw published in 1903, called When I was a Child, Recollections of an Old Potter [title in italics]. But Arnold Bennett's knowledge of such matters cannot have been gleaned wholly from books. It must have been in the air.' |
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Reader: | Arnold Bennett |
Age | Unknown |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 27 May 1867 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer / editor |
Religion: | Christian |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | Unknown |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | William Shaw |
Title: | When I was a child, recollections from an old potter |
Genre: | Autobiog / Diary |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | Methuen, 1903 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 8699 | |
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Author: | Margaret Drabble | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Arnold Bennett | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 7 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett (London, 1974), p. 7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8699, accessed: 04 October 2023 |
Drabble does not offer actual evidence that Bennett read the book, although it seems likely. |
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