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

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Maurice Baring : C

'Owing to his giving me the books, am now reading C by M. Baring. I am surprised to find it as good as it is. But how good is it? Easy to say it is not a great book. But what qualities does it lack? That it adds nothing to one's vision of life, perhaps. Yet it is hard to find a serious flaw.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Virginia Woolf      Print: Book

Maurice Baring : unknown

Saturday 18 June 1927: 'I read -- any trash. Maurice Baring; sporting memoirs.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Virginia Woolf      Print: Book

Maurice Baring : C

I offer you my sincere & almost violent congratulations on 'C'. I have been greatly impressed by it. It held me throughout its immense length.

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

Maurice Baring : Cat's Cradle

I’ve finished Baring’s 'Cat’s Cradle'. 770 large pages. Well, it isn’t so bad, though highly curious in technique. . . . I’m now reading Stendhal’s 'Promenades dans Rome'.

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

Maurice Baring : Cat's Cradle

I read C.C. ['Cat's Cradle'] very carefully in a fortnight: about 50 pp. a day. It held me all right, though not quite so strongly as 'C'. As with 'C'., 'C. C.' is strongest & best in the last ¼ or 1/3. . . . My boy, you may have made 70 corrections in the new edition, but there are plenty more to make. . . .

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

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