Record Number: 24471

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Have you read 'The Pretty Lady'? It was while reading 'Isabelle' that the form of this novel suddenly presented itself to me, and I began to write it at once. Yet nothing could be less like calm 'Isabelle' than this feverish novel.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 10 Sep 1920

Country:

England

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:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

André Gide

Title:

Isabelle

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

24471

Source:

Print

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Editor:

James Hepburn

Title:

Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931

Place of Publication:

London: Oxford University Press

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

III

Page:

131

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Arnold Bennett to André Gide, from Comarques, dated 10-9-1920

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931, (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 131, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24471, accessed: 20 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

None