Record Number: 8709
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'he claimed that he had not thought of using them [the Potteries] as fiction until he read another man's work of fiction, George Moore's A Mummer's wife [title in italics]; he wrote to Moore on 24 December 1920, "I wish also to tell you that it was the first chapters of A Mummer's wife [title in italics] which opened my eyes to the romantic nature of the district I had blindly inhabited for over twenty years.'
Century:1850-1899, 1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1885 and 31 Dec 1900
Country:England
Timen/a
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:Male
Date of Birth:27 May 1867
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer / editor.
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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A Mummer's Wife
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published in 1885.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:8709
Source:Margaret Drabble
Editor:n/a
Title:Arnold Bennett
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1974
Vol:n/a
Page:2
Additional Comments:
Note to quotation from 'Source notes' (p. 357). Letter from A B to George Moore (24 December 1920), in Letters, ed Hepburn (London, 1968), vol 3.
Citation:
Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett, (London, 1974), p. 2, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8709, accessed: 11 February 2025
Additional Comments:
Secondary source.