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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'About 2/3rds of this play is undoubtedly very fine. I think it weakens in structure in the 3rd act. . . . I only met the dedication tonight. Thanks. It is very agreea...Arnold Bennett Robert NicholsGuillty SoulsPrint: completed draft of play
1900-1945'. . . and I wish to tell you that it was the first chapters of 'A Mummer’s Wife' which opened my eyes to the romantic nature of the district that I had blindly inhabited...Arnold Bennett George MooreA Mummer's WifePrint: Book
1900-1945'It seems to me that I have to write to you in the same nagging strain as I do to Wells, In spite of my brotherly admonitions & my fatherly threats apropos of previous b...Arnold Bennett Hugh WalpoleThe CaptivesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Moreover I have been reading Meredith's letters - undoubtedly one of the masterpieces of English literature -especially the 1st vol.' Arnold Bennett George MeredithLetters vol 1Print: Book
1900-1945'I return the proofs. As before, all suggestions are tentative. . . .I should judge it to be rather better thatn Marriage?certainly more homogeneous?& about as good as ...Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsThe Passionate FriendsPrint: BookManuscript: Codex, proofs of book
1900-1945'. . . I send you a book which I picked up as a bargain in the catalogue of a second-hand bookseller, You will see that under the headings of the different countries it...Arnold Bennett unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'I was glad to see your hand, as it forced me to write to you. About 5 or 6 weeks ago I had the impulse to write to you about the high satisfaction I had from your last ...Arnold Bennett John SquireThe Three HillsPrint: Book
1900-1945'I recommend to you Laurent Tailhade. (Such trifles as ?Place des Victoires? which I would give my head to have written originally in English.)' Arnold Bennett Laurent TailhadePoemes aristophanesquesPrint: Book
1900-1945'You shock me. Not by liking "The Way of all Flesh", but by liking "The Devil?s Garden" and "Fortitude" . . . . it is not excusable to lose your head about badness or ...Arnold Bennett Samuel ButlerThe Way of all FleshPrint: Book
1900-1945'You shock me. Not by liking "The Way of all Flesh", but by liking "The Devil?s Garden" and "Fortitude" . . . . it is not excusable to lose your head about badness or ...Arnold Bennett W.B. MaxwellThe Devil's GardenPrint: Book
1900-1945'You shock me. Not by liking "The Way of all Flesh", but by liking "The Devil?s Garden" and "Fortitude" . . . . it is not excusable to lose your head about badness or ...Arnold Bennett Hugh WalpoleFortitudePrint: Book
1900-1945'You shock me. Not by liking "The Way of all Flesh", but by liking "The Devil?s Garden" and "Fortitude" . . . . it is not excusable to lose your head about badness or ...Arnold Bennett Hugh WalpoleMr Perrin and Mr TraillPrint: Book
1900-1945'You have been looking for the wrong things in "The Passionate Friends", & failing to see the right things.' Arnold Bennett H. G. WellsThe Passionate FriendsPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like "The Dark Flower" very much, & wrote to tell Galsworthy so?a thing I have never done before about a book of his, though he is a friend of mine.' Arnold Bennett John GalsworthyThe Dark FlowerPrint: Book
1900-1945'It seems to me you had better read some good novels in which there is no slush nor tush. You might read "Bubu de Montparnasse", by C.L. Philippe (if you haven?t already ...Arnold Bennett C.L. PhilippeBubu de MontparnassePrint: Book
1900-1945'It seems to me you had better read some good novels in which there is no slush nor tush. You might read "Bubu de Montparnasse", by C.L. Philippe (if you haven?t already ...Arnold Bennett J.H. RosnyDans les ruesPrint: Book
1900-1945'In your issue of August 29th, reviewing war literature, you say: "Almost without exception during the last fortnight our eminent novelists have rushed into print as aut...Arnold Bennett The New StatesmanPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'As to applicants having received better treatment from Poor Law Guardians than from the Fund, My authority was a detailed article dealing with the condition of affairs i...Arnold Bennett Manchester GuardianPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I have nearly finished "Confession d?un homme d?aujourd?hui". It is very good and helped me to pass a difficult Sunday.' Arnold Bennett Abel HermantConfessions d'un homme d'aujourdhuiPrint: Book
1900-1945'How soon are you going to use that contribution by my friend Miss Pauline Smith? I think that last week?s issue was an excellent one.' Arnold Bennett New StatesmanPrint: Serial / periodical


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