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Record Number: 6967


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'By the way the reviews of "Leonora" in Athenaeum, Sketch, & T.P.?s Weekly have much pleased me. The swine on the Chronicle hadn?t read the book, & refrained from saying anything very definite'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1903 and 22 Nov 1903

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Paris

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:

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:

France

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[reviews]

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, newspaper/periodical reviews

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical

Publication Details

1903

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

6967

Source:

Print

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Editor:

James Hepburn

Title:

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

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1966

Vol:

I

Page:

41

Additional Comments:

in Letter to J.B. Pinker, 22nd Nov 1903 from 4 rue de Calais, Paris

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker, (Oxford, 1966), I, p. 41, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6967, accessed: 08 June 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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