Record Number: 12547

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'What pleasure hast thou given me during the last few days! First your letter then your essay "Fruit Blossom Time" & then your nameless novel. ...I am in a fever to finish the novel. Ken made me turn it up when I was at part ten. I shall, Sturto volente, animadvert at length upon it at a future date, Now, I will only say that I like it very much. Its calm, unabashed realism charms me. You find fault with Maupassant for his wealth of irrelevant ... detail. Frankly, I think you would do well to follow him some way in this. I don't think all his detail is irrelevant. . . . No, I believe in detail.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Apr 1894 and 24 Apr 1894

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: 6 Victoria Grove

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:

Arnold Bennett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

27 May 1867

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:

George Sturt

Title:

[unnamed novel]

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter, Sheet

Publication Details

editor's note: 'the novel seems never to have been completed'.

Provenance

borrowed (other)
sent to Bennett by author

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12547

Source:

Print

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Editor:

James Hepburn

Title:

Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915

Place of Publication:

London: Oxford University Press

Date of Publication:

1968

Vol:

II

Page:

8-9

Additional Comments:

Letter to George Sturt dated 24 April [18]94 from 6 Victoria Grove

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915, (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 8-9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12547, accessed: 07 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None