Record Number: 15363
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'It may astonish you to learn that even thirty years ago?and more?"Harper?s" used to penetrate monthly into the savage wilderness of the Five Towns, and that the first literary essays I ever read were those of W.D. Howells and Russell Lowell.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1882 and 15 Feb 1912
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Stoke - on -Trent
county: Staffordshire
(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:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsHarper's Magazine
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:15363
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:302
Additional Comments:
In a letter from Bennett to Colonel George Harvey, dated 15 Feby 1912, from Hotel Californie
Citation:
Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915, (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 302, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15363, accessed: 10 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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