Record Number: 12839

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Well, Sir, I have read your novel, & I am ready to bet a guinea to a gooseberry that, if read by Street, it will not be refused by John Lane for reasons artistic. ? It is one of the most genuinely original novels that I have ever read; I don?t mean original in design, but in the outlook of the author.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

4 May 1896

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/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:

George Sturt

Title:

A Year's Exile

Genre:

Fiction, Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet

Publication Details

later published by Lane: 1898

Provenance

borrowed (other)
sent by author

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12839

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:

44

Additional Comments:

Letter from AB to George Sturt, 4 May 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. 44, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12839, accessed: 07 September 2024

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Additional Comments: