Record Number: 17285

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The subject of "La Maison Tellier" is the licensed brothel and its inmates'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 18 Oct 1912

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Arnold Bennett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

27 May 1867

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer/journalist/reviewer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Guy de Maupassant

Title:

La Maison Tellier

Genre:

Fiction, Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17285

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

317

Additional Comments:

Letter from Arnold Bennett to Charles Sarolea, editor of 'Everyman', dated October 18th 1912 from 14 St. Simon's Avenue

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915, (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 317, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17285, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Bennett objects to the reviewer's suggestion that his novel 'The Old Wives' Tale' has a similar subject.