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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'Your paper on the drama has pleased me so much in the form and has appealed strongly to my convictions which it clarifies and expresses.I read it the evening you left [....Joseph Conrad John GalsworthySome Platitudes Concerning DramaPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945 I’ve read 200 pp of 'Clissold'. Formless & wordy, I agree (introductory note foolish); but so far I think the book is very good. It is full of brains, & very provocati...Arnold Bennett John GalsworthyThe Silver SpoonPrint: Book
1900-1945'I received the volume ["A Motley"] the day before yesterday and laid it aside till this afternoon.' Hence follow one and a half pages of almost unqualified praise for t...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyA MotleyPrint: Book
1900-1945'I send back "The Windlestraw" by return of post. In this sort of apologue you are simply incomparable.' Hence follows a page of praise. Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe WindlestrawManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Of course it ["The Patrician"] isn't pure aesthetics (only Flaubert's "Salammbo" among novels is that) but even on that ground alone you have done a very fine thing.' He...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe PatricianPrint: Book
1900-1945Transcript of interview: 'My father introduced me to the Forsyte Saga and I read all of that. Hunting Tower was the first John Buchan I read. John Dickson Carr – I loved...Hilary Spalding John GalsworthyForsyte SagaPrint: Book
1900-1945'The evening was then given up to the study of Galsworthy as an essayist & novelist. Ernest E. Unwin gave a brief introduction & read an article from Nov 1914 Scribners. ...Rosamund Wallis John GalsworthyFreelands, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'The evening was then given up to the study of Galsworthy as an essayist & novelist. Ernest E. Unwin gave a brief introduction & read an article from Nov 1914 Scribners. ...Helen Rawlings John GalsworthyFraternityPrint: Book
1900-1945'The evening was then given up to the study of Galsworthy as an essayist & novelist. Ernest E. Unwin gave a brief introduction & read an article from Nov 1914 Scribners. ...Alfred Rawlings John GalsworthyPatrician, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'The evening was then given up to the study of Galsworthy as an essayist & novelist. Ernest E. Unwin gave a brief introduction & read an article from Nov 1914 Scribners. ...Ernest E. Unwin John Galsworthy Print: Book
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to readings from the plays of Galsworthy. The plays thus dealt with were: Justice. A bit o' Love. Strife.'Members of XII Book ClubJohn GalsworthyJusticePrint: Book
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to readings from the plays of Galsworthy. The plays thus dealt with were: Justice. A bit o' Love. Strife.'Members of XII Book ClubJohn GalsworthyBit o' Love, APrint: Book
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to readings from the plays of Galsworthy. The plays thus dealt with were: Justice. A bit o' Love. Strife.'Members of XII Book ClubJohn GalsworthyStrifePrint: Book
1900-1945'A play-reading of Galsworthy's Skin-Game was then given. The members taking part were as follows Hillcrest R.H. Robson Amy, his wife Miss Marriage Jill his daughter M...Members of the XII Book clubJohn GalsworthySkin Game, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'I won't say anything of "The Pigeon"-- except that it reads admirably and that I have been fascinated by the theme and the handling of the personages.' Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Pigeon: A Fantasy in Three Acts Unknown
1900-1945'It's ["The Inn of Tranquillity"] wholly excellent and certainly fascinating.[...] Of course I had read many of the papers before.' Hence follow ten lines of praise for t...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Inn of TranquillityPrint: Book
1900-1945''We are so glad to know you are both flourishing. We know of your Sicilian interlude from your letter to the "Times".'Joseph Conrad John Galsworthy Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'Gallsworthy's [sic] play "The Escape" was then read in parts by the Club except that the Prologue was omitted. The reading was greatly enjoyed by all & it was felt that ...Members of XII Book ClubJohn GalsworthyEscape, an Episodic Play in a Prologue and Two Par...Print: Book
1900-1945'Four one act plays were then read: "Windows by J. Galsworthy, "the Dear Departed" by Stanley Houghton, "The Boy Comes Home" by A. A. Milne, "Fame & the Poet" by Lord ...Members of XII Book ClubJohn GalsworthyWindowsPrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject of the Forsyte Saga was then introduced by Charles E. Stansfield with a reading from the introduction. The remainder of an enjoyable evening was spent in lis...Charles E. Stansfield John Galsworthy[Introduction to the 'Forsyte Saga']Print: Book


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