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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945 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 distinguish...Arnold Bennett James JoyceUlyssesPrint: Book
1900-1945 'I am rather surprised at your remark about "Persuasion", as it seemed to me very good — though not quite in her usual manner. I mean it is more romantic and less hum...Clive Staples Lewis Jane AustenPersuasionPrint: Book
1800-1849 ?My dear Sir, I have looked over Uncle Sam, and am still of the opinion I originally formed, that we could not use it for the Miscellany without great injury to the Au...Charles Dickens G.P. PayneUncle Sam's PeculiaritiesManuscript: UnknownUnknown
1900-1945 I have a collection of 8 short stories of hers, [Pauline Smith] all, in my opinion, fine. Middleton Murry would have published them in a small volume, but his publishi...Arnold Bennett Pauline SmithThe Little KarooManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945 I have a collection of 8 short stories of hers, [Pauline Smith] all, in my opinion, fine. Middleton Murry would have published them in a small volume, but his publishi...Arnold Bennett Pauline SmithThe BeadleManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945 I have finished my novel . . . This is largely due to the exercises in 'The Culture of the Abdomen'. They are marvellous. Thank Gertrude for me. . . I am also dieting...Arnold Bennett F.A. HornibrookThe Culture of the AbdomenPrint: Book
1900-1945 I have finished my novel . . . This is largely due to the exercises in 'The Culture of the Abdomen'. They are marvellous. Thank Gertrude for me. . . I am also dieting...Arnold Bennett Eat and Grow Thin: The Mahdah MenusPrint: Book
1900-1945 In the main, the reviews of I.P. [Imperial Palace] have been excellent. But it is curious that 2 out of 3 of Max’s papers were excessively rude about it, the third (Su...Arnold Bennett Bruce LockhartEvening StandardPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945 ‘Wayfarer’ expresses the ignorance of himself and his friends about the late Charles Garvice . . . He brackets Charles Garvice and Mrs Florence Barclay together. This ...Arnold Bennett Florence BarclayunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945 ‘Wayfarer’ expresses the ignorance of himself and his friends about the late Charles Garvice . . . He brackets Charles Garvice and Mrs Florence Barclay together. This ...Arnold Bennett Charles GarviceunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945 ‘Wayfarer’ expresses the ignorance of himself and his friends about the late Charles Garvice . . . He brackets Charles Garvice and Mrs Florence Barclay together. This ...Arnold Bennett NationPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899 " But, when I was nearly sixteen, I made a purchase which brought me into sad trouble, and was the cause of a permanent wound to my self- respect. I had long coveted in ...Edmund Gosse Ben Jonson Print: Book
1850-1899 "I may tell you that, although your Hospital Sonnets did not seem to attract much notice at the time, as, indeed, I always thought them rather wasted on a Magazine - yet...Leslie Stephen William Ernest HenleyHospital SonnetsPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899 "I may tell you that, although your Hospital Sonnets did not seem to attract much notice at the time, as, indeed, I always thought them rather wasted on a Magazine - yet...Leslie Stephen William Ernest HenleyChildren: Private WardPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899 "I was thinking of Eliot [Norton] the other day. When he was here in the summer he came one day to see Miss Valey. She had a pleasant little talk with us & was pleased, ...Leslie Stephen Margaret VeleyMarriage of Shadows and Other PoemsPrint: Book
1850-1899 "If it was not enough to have all the Catholic theology suddenly discharged upon one, I have suddenly taken a fancy to read some of the old dramatists, being prompted by...Leslie Stephen William ShakespeareHenry VIIIPrint: Book
1900-1945 '- have you ever read a book called "1066 & all that" ?i t's very funny, & one of the authors is on board.' Benjamin Britten R J Yeatman1066 and all thatPrint: Book
1900-1945 '. . . There have been 2 supreme books since your regretted departure. G. Moore’s 'Avowals' and the letters of Chekhov . . .'Arnold Bennett George MooreAvowalsPrint: Book
1900-1945 '. . . for a month past I have been travelling in the South and have read no paper, almost, except the "D?peche de Toulouse".' Arnold Bennett Depeche de ToulousePrint: Newspaper
1700-1799 'A bookseller made me a present of 2 vols of a piece intitled, "A Journey thro' Life." My wife and girls, and Miss Collier say it is not very interesting, but has some ...Richardson's wife and daughtersSarah Scott (attrib)A Journey Thro' Every Stage of LifePrint: Book


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