| Evidence: | 'Bennett selected the things that interested him - notably novelists such as Henry James, Thomas Hardy, and his friend George Paston. It was through a review of a book by H. G. Wells that the two men first became friends, Bennett taking the initiative and writing to Wells in September 1897 to say how much he liked his work, and to ask him how well he knew the Potteries, which Wells had mentioned in several of his stories.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1890 and 11 Dec 1895 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime: Working hours | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Arnold Bennett |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 27 May 1867 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Writer / editor. |
| 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 |
| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Title: | unknown |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned Review copies |
| Record ID: | 8705 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Margaret Drabble | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Arnold Bennett | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 58-9 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett (London, 1974), p. 58-9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8705, accessed: 02 June 2023 | |
| Secondary source, citing 'Letter from A B to George Sturt', 11 December 1895, in Letters, vol 2, p. 359. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)