Many thanks for the book on Methuselahs. ['Some Impressions of my Elders']Shame to say, I’ve only read myself in it yet! The one point on which I would seriously oppose you is your statement that old people who have mannerisms always had them. Briefly, this is not so. In consideration of the generosity & insight you display in dealing with me I overlook the lapse from verity.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett Print: Book
'Your work on my novel ['Whom God Hath Joined'.] is now over, I am thankful to say, & so is mine too, nearly.... Had to read it aloud to the sex. So nice & cheerful to read aloud your most secret & unsentimental thoughts on the relations of the sexes, and particularly on divorce to your betrothed during the first month of your engagement! No wonder the tragical parts drew tears, whether of sorrow or fury God knows.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett Print: Book
'I have corrected all the proofs of The Old Wives Tale — 578pp. I am sure Tertia is wrong about those two chapters. I deliberately lowered the tension in the last part of the book, in obedience to a theory which objects to violent climaxes as a close; and now I have done it, I don’t know that I am quite satisfied. I know the public will consider the fourth part rather tame and flat, if not dull. And I am not sure whether I don’t slightly share this view. This is annoying.... I read Un Vie again (than which I meant to try and go one better) and was most decidedly disappointed in it. Lacking in skill.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett Print: Book
