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Record Number: 6047


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Beaverbrook vetted all the politics, finding only two or three small slips in the entire novel, which is a tribute to his briefing and to Bennett's attention.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 13 May 1925 and 26 Jan 1926

Country:

England

Time

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Lord Beaverbrook

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

27 May 1879

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

newspaper proprietor

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

Canada

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Title:

Lord Raingo

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Cassell and Co. 1926

Provenance

borrowed (private library)
from the author


Source Information:

Record ID:

6047

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Drabble

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arnold Bennett

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

n/a

Page:

301

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett, (London, 1974), p. 301, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6047, accessed: 04 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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