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Record Number: 6986


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'It ["The Price of Love"] and ?Sinister Street? were, he told me, the only works of fiction he [Henry James] had read since the War broke out.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1914 and 2 Dec 1914

Country:

UK

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Henry James

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1843

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

America

Country of Experience:

UK

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Title:

Price of Love, The

Genre:

Fiction, Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

October, 1914

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

6986

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:

217

Additional Comments:

in a letter to Arnold Bennett from J.B. Pinker , Dec 14, 1914

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker, (London: Oxford University Press, 1966), 1, p. 217, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6986, accessed: 22 November 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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