Record Number: 8700
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Arnold Bennett's father] 'encouraged them to read. As soon as he had any money he began to buy books, and one of the features of the house in Waterloo Road was its "Book Room". Arnold recalls: "His library was the largest in my youthful experience. [We]? estimate it at one thousand volumes - mostly dull and worthless, but all dignified. He had a passion for filling his offspring with information, at small trouble to himself. When any point of dispute arose he would say "look it up". We looked it up!"'
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Book Room at his father's house
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:27 May 1867
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer / editor
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:various
Genre:Textbook / self-education, Reference / General works, Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:8700
Source:Margaret Drabble
Editor:n/a
Title:Arnold Bennett
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1974
Vol:n/a
Page:NOT supplied
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett, (London, 1974), p. NOT supplied, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8700, accessed: 02 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Drabble cites 'The making of me', Daily Express (6 June 1928) as a source for this quotation.