Record Number: 24495
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Your novel ['The Young Enchanted'] shows once more your most genuine and even devilish gift for narrative. By God you can tell a story! Also the first half of the book is full of charming things, excellent bits of observation and fancy, new gleams of light on the world, But, also by God, I will not hide from you my conviction that the book does not improve as it goes on . . . . The mere details of writing I think are better than in 'The Captives'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 22 Nov 1921
Country:UK
Timen/a
Place:London
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/journalist/reviewer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:UK
Country of Experience:UK
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 Young Enchanted
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1921
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:24495
Source: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:150
Additional Comments:
In a letter from Arnold Bennett to Hugh Walpole, from 12B George Street, dated 22-11-21
Citation:
Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931, (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 150, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24495, accessed: 02 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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