Record Number: 14699

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I wish I hadn?t read the first part of 'Tono-Bungay' so often. I shall have to read it yet again in order to get the hang of the last part.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 23 Nov 1908

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Villa des N?fliers

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:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

H.G. Wells

Title:

Tono Bungay

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book, proofs of novel

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown
sent to him

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Source Information:

Record ID:

14699

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:

232

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Bennett to H.G. Wells, dated 23 Nov. 1908 from Villa des Nefliers

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915, (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 232, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14699, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

editor's note: (p.232) 'Tono Bungay' began appearing in the English Review in December 1908, and Bennett apparently had read proofs of the first part.