Record Number: 12549

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'But in the case of a story like yours, which is over the heads of the foolish, amiable readers of our "bright little paper", but which I should like, for the good of literature & the credit of Woman, to have in the paper, I should prefer to throw the responsibility for the acceptance on my Editor?s shoulders.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1894 and 27 Nov 1894

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:

Arnold Bennett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

27 May 1867

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer/journalist

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:

A Courting Umbrella

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet

Publication Details

editor's note: appeared in 'Woman' on 1 May 1895

Provenance

borrowed (other)
sent to Bennett by author

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12549

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:

15

Additional Comments:

Letter to George Sturt dated 27 Nov. [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. 15, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12549, accessed: 14 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None