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Record Number: 6982


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have received your fourth and last article for Austin Harrison, and I have read it with a great deal of enjoyment.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1913 and 1 Jul 1913

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Talbot House

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:

J.B. Pinker

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1867

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

literary agent

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England`

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:

Artist and the Public, The

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

English Review, 1913

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

6982

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:

1

Page:

192

Additional Comments:

In a letter to Arnold Bennett, from J.B .Pinker,July 1 1913

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker, (London: Oxford University Press, 1966), 1, p. 192, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6982, accessed: 04 May 2024


Additional Comments:

Austin Harrison edited the English Review

   
   
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