Record Number: 13021
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'For a long time I have been intending to write to you, & express my appreciation of your work, & slso to ask what is your connection with Burselem & the potteries, Burslem ( where I come from) is mentioned at the beginning of 'The Time Machine', & one of your short stories runs over the entire pottery district? I forget the title of it . I enclose my review of your last book.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1897 and 30 Sep 1897
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Invisible Man
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1897
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:13021
Source:Arnold Bennett
Editor:James Hepburn
Title:Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915
Place of Publication:London: Oxford University Press
Date of Publication:1968
Vol:II
Page:88
Additional Comments:
Letter from AB to H.G. Wells, dated 30 Sept 97, from 6 Victoria Grove.
Citation:
Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915, (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 88, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13021, accessed: 06 May 2024
Additional Comments:
editor's note: The most recent of Wells's books was 'The Invisible Man' , which Bennett had praised in Woman on 29 September 1897 for its understanding of science and human character, and criticized for its carelessness of style.
