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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'I feel conscious of sin in regard to your manuscripts. With reference to An Unequal Yoke I knew that Young was bitten by it, & so asked him to supper & whiskey just in ...Arnold Bennett Mrs H. H. PenroseChubby, A Nuisance, A Study of Child-lifeManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'For a long time I have been intending to write to you, & express my appreciation of your work, & also to ask what is your connection with Burslem & the potteries, Bursl...Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsThe Time MachinePrint: Book
1850-1899'For a long time I have been intending to write to you, & express my appreciation of your work, & slso to ask what is your connection with Burslem & the potteries, Bursl...Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsThe Cone in 'The Plattner Story and Others'Print: Book
1850-1899'For a long time I have been intending to write to you, & express my appreciation of your work, & slso to ask what is your connection with Burselem & the potteries, Burs...Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsThe Invisible ManPrint: Book
1850-1899'I am quite sure there is an aspect of these industrial districts which is really grandiose, full of dark splendours, & which has been absolutely missed by all novelists ...Arnold Bennett William Edwards TirebuckMiss Grace of All SoulsPrint: Book
1850-1899'I am quite sure there is an aspect of these industrial districts which is really grandiose, full of dark splendours, & which has been absolutely missed by all novelists ...Arnold Bennett Henry Woodd NevinsonIn the Valley of TophetPrint: Book
1850-1899'Also to tell you that I have this morning read Kipling?s new book Captains Courageous, & that it is MAGNIFICENT.' Arnold Bennett Rudyard KiplingCaptains CourageousPrint: Book
1850-1899'With regard to your article, though admiring of the ingenuity of it, I yearned to tear the argument to rags. There is scarcely a single statement in that article to whi...Arnold Bennett George SturtA Note on FictionPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'That Conrad book is magnificent.' Arnold Bennett Joseph ConradThe Nigger of the NarcissusPrint: Book
1850-1899'My Dear Wells, I owe you a good turn for pointing out Conrad to me. I remember I got his first book, Almayer?s Folly, to review with a batch of others from Unwin, & fee...Arnold Bennett Joseph ConradThe Nigger of the NarcissusPrint: Book
1850-1899From Letter VIII, [italics]Letters on Daily Life[end italics]: 'In what spirit of self-denial, and with what noble motives acting can be undertaken as a profession, we h...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Fanny KembleAutobiographyPrint: Book
1850-1899'Have you read de Maupassant?s '?tude sur Gustave Flaubert', preface to Bouvard et P?cuchet?from which I quote above? It is a most illuminating business, & one of the be...Arnold Bennett Guy de MaupassantEtude sur Gustave FlaubertPrint: Book
1850-1899'Just now I am reading a most excellent & very English novel, 'Lying Prophets', by Eden Phillpotts. I have lately got rather chummy with Phillpotts & he is a grand chap,...Arnold Bennett Eden PhillpottsLying ProphetsPrint: Book
1850-1899'I reckon I can do something with Moore. . . I occupy the time of waiting in reading G.M. & making notes. The business has given me vague flitting shapes of ideas for ...Arnold Bennett George MooreunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'Of Dickens, dear friend, I know nothing. About a year ago, from idle curiosity, I picked up The Old Curiosity Shop, & of all the rotten vulgar un-literary writing. . .!...Arnold Bennett Charles DickensThe Old Curiosity ShopPrint: Book
1850-1899'I took up de Maupassant to inspire me into a new theme; got one in about 5 minutes, & in an hour had arrived at the details. But it is too new to work at tonight.' ...Arnold Bennett Guy de MaupassantunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'I read 'A Year?s Exile' during the three hours? journey down here on Thursday afternoon, & have passed it on to Frank to review in Woman. As for me, I shall review it in...Arnold Bennett George SturtA Year's ExilePrint: Book
1850-1899'You should get hold of Havelock Ellis?s new book Affirmations. It is all good; and there is an essay on Huysmans that I have found very inspiring indeed.' Arnold Bennett Henry Havelock EllisAffirmationsPrint: Book
1850-1899'As the writer of the recent article upon you in the 'Academy' I venture upon the intrusion of telling you personally that I was much impressed by your remarkable novel...Arnold Bennett Allan Noble MonkhouseA DeliverancePrint: Book
1850-1899'Have you read Phillpotts? Children of the Mist? It is a great book.' Arnold Bennett Eden PhillpottsChildren of the MistPrint: Book


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