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Theodore Watts-Dunton : poems

'A grim account of the menage [at Theodore Watts-Dunton's home The Pines, Putney, where the poet Swinburne went to live after his health failed] was given to the poet Wilfrid Blunt by his cousin George Wyndham, whose visit in 1891 had "ended in Watts reading out his own poems instead of letting Swinburne read his." [recorded in Blunt's diary for 7 August 1891]'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Theodore Watts-Dunton      

Theodore Watts-Dunton : Aylwin

'One other item of news I must not forget to tell you. Aylwin came. I read it (in the trenches, of all incongruous places) and it conquered me. I've nothing at all to say against it and much to praise it for ... I must thank you for finally driving me to such delight.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Herbert Edward Read      Print: Book

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