Record Number: 5805

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'While she was on board the yacht in August, the proofs of "Riceyman Steps" arrived; She read them tucked up under rugs in the deck house on a "wild grey day", and they made her weep.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1 Aug 1923

Country:

England

Time

daytime: 'a wild grey day'

Place:

other location: the deck house of a yacht

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:

Pauline Smith

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

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:

Arnold Bennett

Title:

Riceyman Steps

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book, proofs

Publication Details

London, 1923

Provenance

borrowed (private library)
lent by author

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5805

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Drabble

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arnold Bennett

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

n/a

Page:

284

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett, (London, 1974), p. 284, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5805, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

The yacht belonged to Arnold Bennett.