Record Number: 15365
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In reply to Mr. Archer?s letter, the authors? procedure, as regards the year 1860, was this. They practically read through the whole of Punch for that year, and chose a number of conversational phrases from its dialogues. They were much struck by the prevalence in 1850 of phrases which they had imagined to be quite modern.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 7 Mar 1912
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Punch
Genre:Essays / Criticism, satire
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Details1860
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:15365
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:305
Additional Comments:
In a letter from Bennett to the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, dated 7 March [1912].
Citation:
Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915, (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 305, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15365, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Refers to the play 'Milestones' written with E. Knoblock