Record Number: 6979

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have just read in The Bookman your preface to the American edition of ?An Old Wives? Tale.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1911 and 5 Apr 1911

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Talbot House

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:

J.B. Pinker

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1863

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

literary agent

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:

preface to The Old Wives' Tale

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, preface to a novel

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

The Bookman, 1911

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6979

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:

154

Additional Comments:

In a letter to Arnold Bennett from J.B. Pinker, 5 April 1911

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker, (London: Oxford University Press, 1966), 1, p. 154, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6979, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None