Record Number: 3753
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In Switzerland in 1908 Arnold Bennett met in his hotel an Anglo-Indian army major ... Bennett thought of engaging his opinions about Indian government reform until he noticed the book which the major was reading. It was Corelli's Holy Orders (1908), whereupon, Bennett recorded, "I then gave up hope".'
Century:1900-1945
Date:1908
Country:Switzerland
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Army Major
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:unknown
Country of Experience:Switzerland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
Anglo-Indian army officer
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Holy Orders
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1908
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3753
Source:Philip Waller
Editor:n/a
Title:Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:2006
Vol:n/a
Page:789
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918, (Oxford, 2006), p. 789, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3753, accessed: 10 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from Newman Flower, ed., The Journals of Arnold Bennett (1932) 1:302.