Record Number: 12808

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have just read Marie Corelli?s new book?my first of hers. I can now understand both her popularity & the critics? contempt.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1895 and 29 Oct 1895

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

Marie Corelli

Title:

Sorrows of Satan

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

October, 1895

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12808

Source:

Print

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Editor:

James Hepburn

Title:

Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915

Place of Publication:

London: Oxford University Press

Date of Publication:

1968

Vol:

II

Page:

24

Additional Comments:

Letter from AB to George Sturt, dated 29 Oct 95, from 6 Victoria Grove.

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915, (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 24, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12808, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

editor's note: "Marie Corelli (1855-1924) published one of her most successful novels, 'Sorrows of Satan' in October 1895." Presumably, this was the novel Bennett was reading.