Record Number: 29146

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I read Mrs Besant three times, and made fresh notes every time, in order to do the second part; [The Glimpse] a fearful grind; & the Theosophical Society ought now to reprint my second part as one of their official publications; it is infinitely more graphic and coherent than any of their own tracts.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 22 Oct 1909

Country:

n/a

Time

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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

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Annie Besant

Title:

?The Ancient Wisdom

Genre:

Other religious, Philosophy, Astrology / alchemy / occult

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29146

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:

42

Additional Comments:

In a letter from AB to Tertia and W.W. Kennerley on 22 October 1909 from Villa des Néfliers

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett ,Vol.IV, Family Letters, (Oxford, 1986), IV, p. 42, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29146, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None