'A slight work, but just about perfect. In fact I do not know how to find fault with it. ["Nocturne", 1917] . . . And I left off "Wuthering Heights" in order to read it, which was a fairly clear test. (Never read W.H. before. Very fine.) . . . Marguerite is now reading "Nocturne", confound her!'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett Print: Book
'I should have read S.& H. [Shops and Houses] earlier, despite J. & P. , but I couldn’t get the book off Marguerite. Conjugal unpleasantness became so acute on the point that I was obliged to buy a second copy. I think this book shows marked development on the part of the author. There are about 150 pp. as good as the very best few pages of "On the Staircase", & some much better.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett Print: Book
'I should have read S.& H. [Shops and Houses] earlier, despite J. & P. , but I couldn’t get the book off Marguerite. Conjugal unpleasantness became so acute on the point that I was obliged to buy a second copy. I think this book shows marked development on the part of the author. There are about 150 pp. as good as the very best few pages of "On the Staircase", & some much better.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett Print: Book
'I should have read S.& H. ["Shops and Houses"] earlier, despite J. & P. , but I couldn’t get the book off Marguerite. Conjugal unpleasantness became so acute on the point that I was obliged to buy a second copy. I think this book shows marked development on the part of the author. There are about 150 pp. as good as the very best few pages of On the Staircase, & some much better.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett Print: Book
re: 'September'
'This work is admirably conceived and just about perfectly constructed . . .
It is incomparably the best novel by an author under 40 that I have read since 'The Rainbow', and of course vastly superior to that in technical qualities.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett Print: Book
'I cannot understand the small sale of 'Felix' ['Young Felix'] in this bloody country.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett Print: Book
