Record Number: 18682

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Many thanks for the inscribed D.F. ['The Dark Forest'] Overwork has delayed me much with it. I thought the opening rather vague and lacking in direction ? due no doubt to "recency" (a new word) of the impressions. However the book gathers force. By the time it finishes it is the best book of yours since Mr P & Mr. T.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 5 Feb 1916

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Thorpe-le-Soken
county: Essex
specific address: Comarques

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:

Hugh Walpole

Title:

The Dark Forest

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

February 1916

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18682

Source:

Print

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Editor:

James Hepburn

Title:

Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931

Place of Publication:

London: Oxford University Press

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

III

Page:

3

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Arnold Bennett to Hugh Walpole, dated 5th Feby 1916.

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931, (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 3, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18682, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None