Record Number: 25543
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
I ought to have written to you before about 'Amants, heureux amants', which you were so kind as to send me. It is, in my opinion, a very fine book, highly distinguished, and certainly your best work. I enjoyed it immensely. Especially the last story, which throws light on many things—including yourself. We have no new young novelists in England. D.H. Lawrence is the best, & he is very uneven; also he is growing older. Of course there is Joyce. Your study of him was very useful to me when I wrote a review of 'Ulysses' some time ago. I think that he also is too uneven ever to be quite first-rate. But his best chapters amount to genius.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 8 Mar 1924
Country:UK
Timen/a
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:27 May 1867
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer/journalist/reviewer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:UK
Country of Experience:UK
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Amants, heureux amants
Genre:Fiction, Social Science
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1923
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:25543
Source:Arnold Bennett
Editor:James Hepburn
Title:Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931
Place of Publication:London: Oxford University Press
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:III
Page:214-5
Additional Comments:
In a letter from Arnold Bennett to Valery Larbaud, from 75, Cadogan Square, dated 8-iii-24
Citation:
Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931, (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 214-5, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25543, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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