the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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the staff of the hospital at Vodena : Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions

'Have you read Frank Harris?s privately published Life & Confessions of Oscar Wilde? It is a strange & powerful book, written by a man who is a curious mixture of impulses noble and ignoble. I am just finishing it. The best things I have read for ages are the Chekhov short stories in the new complete edition (2 vols out) published here by Chatto & Windus, translated by the eternal Constance Garnett. These stories are unmatched.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett      Print: Book

the staff of the hospital at Vodena : The Tales of Tchehov

'Have you read Frank Harris?s privately published Life & Confessions of Oscar Wilde? It is a strange & powerful book, written by a man who is a curious mixture of impulses noble and ignoble. I am just finishing it. The best things I have read for ages are the Chekhov short stories in the new complete edition (2 vols out) published here by Chatto & Windus, translated by the eternal Constance Garnett. These stories are unmatched.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett      Print: Book

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