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Record Number: 6053


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'D. H. Lawrence . . . reviewed the novel [The World of William Clissold by Wells] in the "Calendar" of October 1926, in a piece which Bennett says shows his "childish and spiteful disposition".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1926 and 20 Oct 1926

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


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/editor/reviewer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

Enqland

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

D.H. Lawrence

Title:

[review of H.G. Wells's "The World of William Clissold"]

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Calendar, October 1926

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

6053

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Drabble

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arnold Bennett

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

n/a

Page:

313

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett, (London, 1974), p. 313, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6053, accessed: 07 October 2024


Additional Comments:

author's note: 'Journals', entry for 20 October, 1926

   
   
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