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Record Number: 13633


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I think the article on Sir John Gorst is able & shows a sufficient grasp of the subject; the tone of it also seems to me to be right . . . . As it stands, I think little of the chances of "Coventry" . . . People don?t want to know about their own country. If Coventry was in Italy, it would be different. As the article is not finished it would not be proper for me to criticise it finally. . .

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1901 and 18 Oct 1901

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Hockliffe
county: Beds
specific address: Trinity Hall Farm

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


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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Lloyd Humberstone

Title:

article on Sir John Gorst

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

n/a


Source Information:

Record ID:

13633

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:

161

Additional Comments:

Letter from Bennett to Thomas Lloyd Humberstone dated 18 Oct 1901, from Trinity Hall Farm

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915, (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 161, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13633, accessed: 10 October 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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