Record Number: 12836
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'What a lift for 'The Golden Age' in today?s Chronicle.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:31 Mar 1896
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:city: London
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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:27 May 1867
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer/journalist/reviewer
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:review of 'The Golden Age'
Genre:Essays / Criticism, newspaper review/article
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Details'Chronicle', 31 March 1896
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12836
Source: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:43
Additional Comments:
Letter from AB to George Sturt, dated 31 March 96, 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. 43, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12836, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
editor's note: 'The Golden Age' by Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) received a very flattering review from A.C. Swinburne.