'Absorbed as always in books, Willie read seriously in both French and German literature. His favourites in French were the "Maximes" of La Rochefoucauld, "La Princesse de Cleves" (which inspired his play "Caesar's Wife"), the tragedies of Racine, the novels of Voltaire, Stendhal's "Le Rouge et le Noir" and "La Chartreuse de Parme", Balzac's "Pere Goriot", Flaubert's "Madame Bovary", the works of Anatole France, the exotic tales of Pierre Loti and the well-crafted stories of Maupassant'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Somerset Maugham Print: Book
'. I first heard of Barr?s in an article be Edward Delille in the Fortnightly. Next I read a criticism of this very book in the latest volume issued of Anatole France?s La Vie Litteraire.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett Print: Book
'19th March, Saturday.
Spent the afternoon reading and lounging. [...] ?Jocaste? and ?Le Chat Maigre? A. France.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Gerald Moore Print: Book
'21st March 1929.
?Le Petit Pierre? (Anatole France).'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Gerald Moore Print: Book
'Has it ever occurred to you what a fine story, really, "The Procurator of Judaea" might have been if Anatole France had possessed in any degree the gift of construction?'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett Print: Book
'I am reading Maupassant with delight. I have just finished "Le Lys rouge" by Anatole France. it means nothing to me. I can do no serious reading. I have just begun to write -only the day before yesterday.["The Two Vagabonds" subsequently to become "An Outcast of the Islands"(1896)]
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad Print: Book
'I doubt if you ought to call France & Flaubert "dry". "L’Education Sentimentale" ought to be read with ease. Ditto "Thais", & "La Rotisserie". Personally, though, I think France over-rated. You ought to read "Bubu de Montparnasse" of Charles Louis Philippe. This is a great little novel, one of the finest modern French novels. I think "Coeur simple" is the best thing Flaubert ever wrote, except his correspondence, which is his best work, & ought to be read. I tell you that Lytton Strachey’s "Eminent Victorians" is a most juicy & devastating affair, I thoroughly enjoyed it.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett Print: Book
'I doubt if you ought to call France & Flaubert "dry". "L’Education Sentimentale" ought to be read with ease. Ditto "Thais", & "La Rotisserie". Personally, though, I think France over-rated. You ought to read "Bubu de Montparnasse" of Charles Louis Philippe. This is a great little novel, one of the finest modern French novels. I think "Coeur simple" is the best thing Flaubert ever wrote, except his correspondence, which is his best work, & ought to be read. I tell you that Lytton Strachey’s "Eminent Victorians" is a most juicy & devastating affair, I thoroughly enjoyed it.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett Print: Book
E. M. Forster to Arthur Cole, 7 July 1905, following satirical account of English travellers met the previous day:
'These then are my thoughts [...] My books are equally stimulating: Wilhelm Tell -- which is thought mighty fine -- and Northanger Abbey, which I read aloud to Elizabeth [employer] in the evenings. Also Thais, but that I am only beginning.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Edward Morgan Forster Print: Book
'If you don't know already it may interest you to know that in Anatole France's last book ["Sur la pierre blanche"] there are two allusions to you.'
Hence follow eleven lines of clarification and discussion.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad Print: Book
'I don't know whether I ought to mention my delight at your approval of "Abeille" [by Anatole France]. I put it in your hands with confidence and trust - but one never knows.[...] I must tell you in confidence that some time ago dear Jack [Galsworthy] sat upon me so heavily for my admiration of "Thais" that I promised to myself to walk very delicately in the way of recommending books for the future.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad Print: Book
'I don't know whether I ought to mention my delight at your approval of "Abeille" [by Anatole France]. I put it in your hands with confidence and trust - but one never knows.[...] I must tell you in confidence that some time ago dear Jack [Galsworthy] sat upon me so heavily for my admiration of "Thais" that I promised to myself to walk very delicately in the way of recommending books for the future.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad Print: Book
'I am keeping the "Jeanne d'Arc" until you return to town, unless you want me to send it out west to you. Upon the whole I think it is disappointing. One asks oneself why on earth A[natole]F[rance] wanted to touch that subject at all, and if he had to touch why in that way precisely.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad Print: Book
'But "La leçon bien apprise" is really quite....And what is wrong with "Les Etrennes de Mlle. Doucine"? I don't like it most, but I think it most suitable owing to its humorous and sentimental characteristics. I recommend it strongly as perfectly fit for general reading and even seasonable [for the December issue of the "Review"]'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad Print: Book
'Does the A[natole] F[rance] next book consist of the proofs you've let me see? And what on earth is one to write about it?'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad Manuscript: Sheet, Proofs
'Pearl's conversation was always full of references to the works of the French novelists of the period, so I proceeded to read books by Balzac, Stendhal, Flaubert, Anatole France and Colette. I had to read the Italian poets in translation. All this was a great joy to me, and, as I have said, a wonderful education.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Zoe Procter Print: Book
'The Life & works of Anatole France were then dealt with in an interesting programme - an appreciation by H.R. Smith Readings - Careers for Women - F. Ridges, - Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard V. Wallis - Thais E.E. Unwin C.I. Evans & H.R. Smith'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: F. Ridges Print: Book
'The Life & works of Anatole France were then dealt with in an interesting programme - an appreciation by H.R. Smith Readings - Careers for Women - F. Ridges, - Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard V. Wallis - Thais E.E. Unwin C.I. Evans & H.R. Smith'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: V. Ridges Print: Book
'The Life & works of Anatole France were then dealt with in an interesting programme - an appreciation by H.R. Smith Readings - Careers for Women - F. Ridges, - Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard V. Wallis - Thais E.E. Unwin C.I. Evans & H.R. Smith'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ernest E. Unwin Print: Book
'The Life & works of Anatole France were then dealt with in an interesting programme - an appreciation by H.R. Smith Readings - Careers for Women - F. Ridges, - Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard V. Wallis - Thais E.E. Unwin C.I. Evans & H.R. Smith'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Evans Print: Book
'The Life & works of Anatole France were then dealt with in an interesting programme - an appreciation by H.R. Smith Readings - Careers for Women - F. Ridges, - Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard V. Wallis - Thais E.E. Unwin C.I. Evans & H.R. Smith'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Howard Smith Print: Book
'The Life & works of Anatole France were then dealt with in an interesting programme - an appreciation by H.R. Smith Readings - Careers for Women - F. Ridges, - Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard V. Wallis - Thais E.E. Unwin C.I. Evans & H.R. Smith'.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Howard Smith Print: Book
'Miss Marriage then gave us some notes on Anatole France [sic] Life with references to some of his work & the order of their production. F.E. Pollard read an amusing account of an unconventional dinner party from "La Reine Pedauque" & A. Rawlings gave us some extracts from "The Memoirs of Abbe Coignard". After supper R.H. Robson amused us with the story of the Baptism of the penguins by the Blessed Mael "Penguin Island" & Mrs Evans gave us a glimpse of France's more sober philosophy in a series of short essays from "The Garden of Epicures". Mrs Rawlings read a charming passage on Joan of Arc and Miss Marriage read us one of the cynical passages from a novel "The Red Lily".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Francis Pollard Print: Book
'Miss Marriage then gave us some notes on Anatole France [sic] Life with references to some of his work & the order of their production. F.E. Pollard read an amusing account of an unconventional dinner party from "La Reine Pedauque" & A. Rawlings gave us some extracts from "The Memoirs of Abbe Coignard". After supper R.H. Robson amused us with the story of the Baptism of the penguins by the Blessed Mael "Penguin Island" & Mrs Evans gave us a glimpse of France's more sober philosophy in a series of short essays from "The Garden of Epicures". Mrs Rawlings read a charming passage on Joan of Arc and Miss Marriage read us one of the cynical passages from a novel "The Red Lily".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Alfred Rawlings Print: Book
'Miss Marriage then gave us some notes on Anatole France [sic] Life with references to some of his work & the order of their production. F.E. Pollard read an amusing account of an unconventional dinner party from "La Reine Pedauque" & A. Rawlings gave us some extracts from "The Memoirs of Abbe Coignard". After supper R.H. Robson amused us with the story of the Baptism of the penguins by the Blessed Mael "Penguin Island" & Mrs Evans gave us a glimpse of France's more sober philosophy in a series of short essays from "The Garden of Epicures". Mrs Rawlings read a charming passage on Joan of Arc and Miss Marriage read us one of the cynical passages from a novel "The Red Lily".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Reginald Robson Print: Book
'Miss Marriage then gave us some notes on Anatole France [sic] Life with references to some of his work & the order of their production. F.E. Pollard read an amusing account of an unconventional dinner party from "La Reine Pedauque" & A. Rawlings gave us some extracts from "The Memoirs of Abbe Coignard". After supper R.H. Robson amused us with the story of the Baptism of the penguins by the Blessed Mael "Penguin Island" & Mrs Evans gave us a glimpse of France's more sober philosophy in a series of short essays from "The Garden of Epicures". Mrs Rawlings read a charming passage on Joan of Arc and Miss Marriage read us one of the cynical passages from a novel "The Red Lily".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Katherine Evans Print: Book
'Miss Marriage then gave us some notes on Anatole France [sic] Life with references to some of his work & the order of their production. F.E. Pollard read an amusing account of an unconventional dinner party from "La Reine Pedauque" & A. Rawlings gave us some extracts from "The Memoirs of Abbe Coignard". After supper R.H. Robson amused us with the story of the Baptism of the penguins by the Blessed Mael "Penguin Island" & Mrs Evans gave us a glimpse of France's more sober philosophy in a series of short essays from "The Garden of Epicures". Mrs Rawlings read a charming passage on Joan of Arc and Miss Marriage read us one of the cynical passages from a novel "The Red Lily".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Marriage Print: Book
'Miss Marriage then gave us some notes on Anatole France [sic] Life with references to some of his work & the order of their production. F.E. Pollard read an amusing account of an unconventional dinner party from "La Reine Pedauque" & A. Rawlings gave us some extracts from "The Memoirs of Abbe Coignard". After supper R.H. Robson amused us with the story of the Baptism of the penguins by the Blessed Mael "Penguin Island" & Mrs Evans gave us a glimpse of France's more sober philosophy in a series of short essays from "The Garden of Epicures". Mrs Rawlings read a charming passage on Joan of Arc and Miss Marriage read us one of the cynical passages from a novel "The Red Lily".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Helen Rawlings Print: Book
'Miss Marriage then gave us some notes on Anatole France [sic] Life with references to some of his work & the order of their production. F.E. Pollard read an amusing account of an unconventional dinner party from "La Reine Pedauque" & A. Rawlings gave us some extracts from "The Memoirs of Abbe Coignard". After supper R.H. Robson amused us with the story of the Baptism of the penguins by the Blessed Mael "Penguin Island" & Mrs Evans gave us a glimpse of France's more sober philosophy in a series of short essays from "The Garden of Epicures". Mrs Rawlings read a charming passage on Joan of Arc and Miss Marriage read us one of the cynical passages from a novel "The Red Lily".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Marriage Print: Book
'[...] and there was only time [in Damascus] to acquire a little [non-Egyptian] Arabic by wandering about rather than by book-work and to contract a sharp attack of fever, from which I was cured by Anatole France's "Ile des Pingouins".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ronald Storrs Print: Book
'I'll post A. [Anatole] France tomorrow. How good it is!'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Gertrude Bell Print: Book
'The latest volume of M.Anatole France purports, by the declaration of its title-
page, to contain several profitable narratives. The story of Crainquebille's
encounter with human justice stands at the head of them; a tale of a well-
bestowed charity closes the book wih the touch of playful irony characteristic
of the writer ...'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad Print: Book
Last night M. Besse read Anatole France—the
charming tale of Celestin and Amicus, the hermit
and the fawn.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Freya Stark Print: Book
Last night M. Besse read Anatole France—the
charming tale of Celestin and Amicus, the hermit
and the fawn.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Antonin Besse Print: Book
Meanwhile I have been enjoying myself reading
Anatole France and the philosophy of M. Jérôme
Coignard. What a charming creation. 'Il meprise
les hommes avec tendresse'. It is all full of
wisdom and human kindness — and does one good to
read. What I like about Anatole France is that
with all his biting wit he always recognizes and
loves real goodness when he sees it and I don't
think anyone has more endearing simple good
people.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Freya Stark Print: Book
