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

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Frank Norris : The Pit

'My literature has been “The Pit”, Frank Norris’s wheat hoarding story, and the two books of riff-raff, very tangy, cynical and amusing, by O. Henry. One story, "Roads of Destiny" struck me as first-class, but the majority of his work, though clever, is too topical to last very long.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Edmund Blunden      Print: Book

Frank Norris : The Pit

’A lot of shelling in the morning: seemed to be around at the Rly Station. I have suddenly gone mad over “The Pit” by Frank Norris.’

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Edmund Blunden      Print: Book

Frank Norris : The Octopus: A Story of California

'I read Frank Norris’s “The Octopus” almost till midnight.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Edmund Blunden      Print: Book

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