Record Number: 6445

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Do not fail to get the Literary Supplement to the New York Times for Oct 4th & see W.L. Alden?s extraordinary appreciation of "Anna". He says it is the best novel of the sort since "Esther Waters". (It is.). . . I have sent my cutting to Chatto'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

4 Oct 1902

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

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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/editor/reviewer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

W.L. Alden

Title:

article/review of "Anna of the Five Towns"

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, newspaper review/article

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper, Literary Supplement

Publication Details

New York Times Literary Supplement, Oct. 4th. 1902

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6445

Source:

Print

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Editor:

James Hepburn

Title:

Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker

Place of Publication:

London: Oxford University Press

Date of Publication:

1966

Vol:

I

Page:

34

Additional Comments:

Letter to J.B. Pinker from Arnold Bennett, 16 October 1902 sent from Trinity Hall Farm

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker, (London: Oxford University Press, 1966), I, p. 34, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6445, accessed: 17 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Letter is from Trinity Hall Farm, Hockliffe