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

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Horace Annesley Vachell : The Paladin, as Beheld by a Woman of Temperament

'...through the week I have read an excellent novel of Vachell's "The Paladin" which you have probably read too.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Clive Staples Lewis      Print: Book

Horace Annesley Vachell : The Hill

‘Last week I went to an excellent play, a really charming Comedy—Quinney’s, by Vachell. Am now reading and book by Vachell "The Hill", a tale of Harrow, and the hills on which I never lay, nor shall lie: heights of thought, heights of friendship, heights of riches, heights of jinks … Lovely and melancholy reading it is for me.’

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Wilfred Owen      Print: Book

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