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

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Frank Harris : Bomb, The

'Do you want Frank Harris? If so, I think I could bring him into the fold. . . . His last book "The Bomb" (which is a masterly thing) is published by Long (!) who gave him ?75 in advance.'

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

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'He [Frank Harris] has two or three books unpublished; including one on Shakespeare which is probably the most penetrating book on Shakespeare ever written.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett      Manuscript: Unknown

Frank Harris : The Bomb

'Orage has sent me your communication as to Frank Harris. Naturally I was the reviewer. Harris was much moved by the review, & came down to see me. He is certainly one of the most extraordinary men I ever met.'

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

Frank Harris : Shakespeare and his Love

'I made the mistake of reading your Shakespeare play before your Shakespeare criticism. So I had to read the play again. I cannot expertly criticize the critical book because I don?t know enough. . . . What of Coleridge I have ever had the patience to read is not to be compared to it.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett      Manuscript: Unknown

Frank Harris : The Man Shakespeare

'I made the mistake of reading your Shakespeare play before your Shakespeare criticism. So I had to read the play again. I cannot expertly criticize the critical book because I don?t know enough. . . . What of Coleridge I have ever had the patience to read is not to be compared to it.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett      Manuscript: Unknown

Frank Harris : Unpath'd Waters

'I got your book & letter this morning, & another letter on Friday. To my regret I have already swallowed the book, & as we go to Switzerland tomorrow . . . I write at once. I think the book in the main wonderful, & I read it greedily.'

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

Frank Harris : The Man Shakespeare

'He [Frank Harris] has written a book drawing the character of Shakespeare from the plays. Part of it has been privately printed, & it seems to me the most remarkable exegetical work of the kind ever done.'

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

Frank Harris : Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions

'Have you read Frank Harris?s privately published Life & Confessions of Oscar Wilde? It is a strange & powerful book, written by a man who is a curious mixture of impulses noble and ignoble. I am just finishing it. The best things I have read for ages are the Chekhov short stories in the new complete edition (2 vols out) published here by Chatto & Windus, translated by the eternal Constance Garnett. These stories are unmatched.'

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

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