Record Number: 26304
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Moby Dick'. The present vogue of Hermann Melville is mainly due to two English novelists, Frank Swinnerton and myself. We both of us have great opportunities for publicity and 8 or 10 years ago, in the Reform Club, we decided to convince the world that 'Moby Dick' was the greatest of all sea-novels. And we did! There is a lot more of Melville that you ought to read, if you have not already read it. Some of the ‘Piazza Tales’ are wonderful. And the novel 'Pierre', though while mad and very strange and overstrained, is really original and remarkable. Some of the still stranger books I have not yet read or tried to read. The trouble is that the esoteric books can only be obtained in the complete edition of the works. Happily I possess it. I believe that the original editions of 'Typee' and 'Omoo' are much better than the current editions, which have been expurgated. Please note that I think 'Evan Harrington' is better than 'Beauchamp’s Career' and 'The Woodlanders' better than the 'Mayor of Casterbridge'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 2 Aug 1930
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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
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Pierre: or the Ambiguities
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:26304
Source:Arnold Bennett
Editor:James Hepburn
Title:Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931
Place of Publication:London: Oxford University Press
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:III
Page:337-8
Additional Comments:
In a letter from Arnold Bennett to André Gide, from Rod Meadow. Trewoofe, dated 2 August 1930
Citation:
Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931, (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 337-8, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26304, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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