Record Number: 14701

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Do you know the prose of Wilfred Whitten? If not read pp. 229-30 of Mrs. Laurence Binyon?s Nineteenth Century Prose (Methuens, 1907).'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1907 and 29 Nov 1908

Country:

unknown

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

unknown

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Mrs Laurence Binyon

Title:

Nineteenth Century Prose

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Methuens, 1907

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

14701

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:

234

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Bennett to Ford Madox (Hueffer) Ford, dated 29 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. 234, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14701, accessed: 19 May 2024

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Additional Comments: