Record Number: 8699
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The description of his [the character Darius Clayhanger in Clayhanger] labours as a child, and his days in the workhouse, are not drawn from Enoch's own past, but largely from a book by William Shaw published in 1903, called When I was a Child, Recollections of an Old Potter [title in italics]. But Arnold Bennett's knowledge of such matters cannot have been gleaned wholly from books. It must have been in the air.'
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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:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:27 May 1867
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer / editor
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:When I was a child, recollections from an old potter
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsMethuen, 1903
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:8699
Source:Margaret Drabble
Editor:n/a
Title:Arnold Bennett
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1974
Vol:n/a
Page:7
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett, (London, 1974), p. 7, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8699, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Drabble does not offer actual evidence that Bennett read the book, although it seems likely.