Record Number: 6984
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'By the way, My Journal is now in its eighteenth volume, and almost the whole of it is yet in manuscript. Whenever I look at it it seems to me to be rather interesting, and some of my friends say that it is far more interesting than anything else I have written.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1914 and 24 Jan 1914
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Comarques, France
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/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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Journal
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication DetailsLater published as Journals of Arnold Bennett, Cassell, 1932-3, though read in MS here.
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:6984
Source: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:204
Additional Comments:
in a letter to J.B. Pinker Jan.24, 1914, from Comarques
Citation:
Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker, (London: Oxford University Press, 1966), 1, p. 204, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6984, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
editor's note: 'In 1906 and 1907 Bennett printed extracts from his journal as Christmas gift-books.' [entries also printed in periodicals during his lifetime.]
