Record Number: 14698
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Orage has sent me your communication as to Frank Harris. Naturally I was the reviewer. Harris was much moved by the review, & came down to see me. He is certainly one of the most extraordinary men I ever met.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 5 Nov 1908
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Villa des N?fliers
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/journalist/reviewer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Bomb
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsJohn Long,1908
Provenanceunknown
sent to him for review
Source Information:
Record ID:14698
Source: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:229
Additional Comments:
In a letter from Bennett to H.G. Wells, dated 18 Nov. 1908 from Villa des Nefliers
Citation:
Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915, (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 229, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14698, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
editor's note: (p.228) 'The Bomb' . . . was described by Bennett in a review in the New Age on 5 November as 'a book very courageous, impulsively generous, and of shining distinction'.
