Record Number: 14709
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I violently disagree with you as to El?mir Bourges. I defy you to put your hand on your heart & say you have read the 'Nef' all through.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 13 Dec 1908
Country:unknown
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:La Nef
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:14709
Source: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:245
Additional Comments:
In a letter from Bennett to Frank Harris, dated 13 Dec 1908, with address (from next day) - Hotel Belv?dere, Mont P?lerin, Sur Vevey, Switzerland
Citation:
Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915, (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 245, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14709, accessed: 19 May 2024
Additional Comments:
editor's note: (p.246) El?mir Bourges . . . published his popular drama 'La Nef' in 1904