Record Number: 7024

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Swinnerton feels sure that C & W would be willing to publish a new edition of "How to become an Author". I gave him the book to read and he is enthusiastic about it.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

Frank Swinnerton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

27 May 1884

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

editor

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:

How to Become an Author

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Textbook / self-education

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

September, 1903

Provenance

borrowed (other)
from the author

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Source Information:

Record ID:

7024

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:

283

Additional Comments:

in a letter from Arnold Bennett to J.B. Pinker , 21 May 1920, from 12B George Street, 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. 283, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7024, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

editor's note: Chatto and Windus did not issue a new edition of 'How to Become an Author' at this time.