Record Number: 12836

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'What a lift for 'The Golden Age' in today?s Chronicle.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

31 Mar 1896

Country:

England

Time

daytime

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/reviewer

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:

A.C. Swinburne

Title:

review of 'The Golden Age'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, newspaper review/article

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

'Chronicle', 31 March 1896

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12836

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:

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: 20 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

editor's note: 'The Golden Age' by Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) received a very flattering review from A.C. Swinburne.