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

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Frank Swinnerton : Shops and Houses

'I should have read S.& H. [Shops and Houses] earlier, despite J. & P. , but I couldn’t get the book off Marguerite. Conjugal unpleasantness became so acute on the point that I was obliged to buy a second copy. I think this book shows marked development on the part of the author. There are about 150 pp. as good as the very best few pages of "On the Staircase", & some much better.'

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

Frank Swinnerton : On the Staircase

'I should have read S.& H. [Shops and Houses] earlier, despite J. & P. , but I couldn’t get the book off Marguerite. Conjugal unpleasantness became so acute on the point that I was obliged to buy a second copy. I think this book shows marked development on the part of the author. There are about 150 pp. as good as the very best few pages of "On the Staircase", & some much better.'

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

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