Record Number: 29142
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have corrected all the proofs of The Old Wives Tale — 578pp. I am sure Tertia is wrong about those two chapters. I deliberately lowered the tension in the last part of the book, in obedience to a theory which objects to violent climaxes as a close; and now I have done it, I don’t know that I am quite satisfied. I know the public will consider the fourth part rather tame and flat, if not dull. And I am not sure whether I don’t slightly share this view. This is annoying.... I read Un Vie again (than which I meant to try and go one better) and was most decidedly disappointed in it. Lacking in skill.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 7 Oct 1908
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Villa des Néfliers
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
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Old Wives Tale
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1908
Provenanceunknown
proofs of novel
Source Information:
Record ID:29142
Source:Arnold Bennett
Editor:James Hepburn
Title:Letters of Arnold Bennett, Vol. IV, Family Letters
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1986
Vol:4
Page:38
Additional Comments:
In a letter from AB to Tertia and W.W. Kennerley on 7 October 1908 from Villa des Néfliers
Citation:
Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett, Vol. IV, Family Letters, (Oxford, 1986), 4, p. 38, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29142, accessed: 04 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None
