Record Number: 29128

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Your work on my novel ['Whom God Hath Joined'.] is now over, I am thankful to say, & so is mine too, nearly.... Had to read it aloud to the sex. So nice & cheerful to read aloud your most secret & unsentimental thoughts on the relations of the sexes, and particularly on divorce to your betrothed during the first month of your engagement! No wonder the tragical parts drew tears, whether of sorrow or fury God knows.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 9 Jul 1906

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Calais

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive 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

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

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

Eleanor Green

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Title:

Whom God Hath Joined

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1906

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29128

Source:

Print

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Editor:

James Hepburn

Title:

Letters of Arnold Bennett ,Vol.IV, Family Letters

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

IV

Page:

13

Additional Comments:

In a letter from AB to Frank Bennett, dated 9 July 1906, from 4, rud de Calais

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett ,Vol.IV, Family Letters, (Oxford, 1986), IV, p. 13, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29128, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Bennett was briefly engaged to Eleanor Green