Record Number: 6976

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'He [Frank Harris] has two or three books unpublished; including one on Shakespeare which is probably the most penetrating book on Shakespeare ever written.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

unknown

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:

unknown

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Frank Harris

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Biography

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
lent by author

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6976

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:

106

Additional Comments:

In a letter to J.B. Pinker from Villa des Nefliers, 8 Nov 1908.

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker, (London: Oxford University Press, 1966), 1, p. 106, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6976, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

presumably Bennett read this book in manuscript or typescript