Record Number: 6991

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Hugh] Walpole spent all Sunday afternoon at my house in reading Jacob Tonson?s "New Age" articles, which he had asked for. He said it would be ridiculous not to reissue a selection from them as a book.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1917 and 11 Jan 1917

Country:

England

Time

afternoon: Sunday

Place:

city: London
other location: Arnold Bennett's 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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Hugh Walpole

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

27 May 1884

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

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:

Arnold Bennett

Title:

'New Age' articles

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

from March 1908 - 'Books and Persons'

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6991

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:

245

Additional Comments:

in a letter to J.B. Pinker on 11 Jan. 1917, from London

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker, (London: Oxford University Press, 1966), 1, p. 245, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6991, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None