Record Number: 6974

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Conrad?s book, though of course very distinguished, is not as good as his last.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1907 and 14 Sep 1907

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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/editor/reviewer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Joseph Conrad

Title:

Secret Agent, The

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1907

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6974

Source:

Print

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Editor:

James Hepburn

Title:

Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker

Place of Publication:

London: Oxford University Press

Date of Publication:

1966

Vol:

1

Page:

95

Additional Comments:

In a letter to J.B. Pinker from Les Sablons, 14 Sept 1907.

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker, (London: Oxford University Press, 1966), 1, p. 95, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6974, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

editor's note: Bennett was comparing it with Nostromo rather than with The Mirror of the Sea of the previous year.