Record Number: 4035
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'. . . then Edith Sitwell appeared, her nose longer than an ant-eaters, and read some of her absurd stuff...'
Century:1900-1945
Date:27 Jun 1921
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: London
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:Female
Date of Birth:1887
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
T.S. Eliot, Mrs Arnold Bennett, Lytton Strachey
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:poems
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:4035
Source:Margaret Drabble
Editor:n/a
Title:Arnold Bennett
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1974
Vol:n/a
Page:137
Additional Comments:
author's note: Letter from Lytton Strachey to Dora Carrington of 28 June 1921, quoted by Michael Holroyd in 'Lytton Strachey; A Critical Biography' (London 1967)
Citation:
Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett, (London, 1974), p. 137, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4035, accessed: 20 April 2025
Additional Comments:
secondary source