Record Number: 8681

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Bennett needed a guide when he travelled abroad - and his Florentine Journal is touchingly full of his delightful efforts to see and understand all, through his Baedeker...'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Apr 1910 and 24 May 1910

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Florence

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 and editor

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Karl Baedeker

Title:

[guidebook on Florence]

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Publisher Karl Baedeker (travel guides)

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

8681

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Drabble

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arnold Bennett

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

n/a

Page:

3

Additional Comments:

Citation:

Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett, (London, 1974), p. 3, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8681, accessed: 19 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Secondary source.