Record Number: 26313
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
In the main, the reviews of I.P. [Imperial Palace] have been excellent. But it is curious that 2 out of 3 of Max�s papers were excessively rude about it, the third (Sunday Express) was fulsome. I wrote privately to the Editor off the Standard pointing out grave misstatements in fact in Bruce Lockhart�s article on it. He could offer no defence whatever. Similarly I protested to the editor of the Times Lit. Supplement about its assertion that I had been imitating Priestley�s fashion of length, for the sake of gain. . . . Maugham�s Cakes & Ale is 1st rate. But easily the finest of all recent novels is D.H. Lawrence�s The Virgin and the Gipsy. Nothing else exists by the side of it. Believe me. It is marvellous, truly.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 22 Oct 1930
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:London
Type of Experience(Reader):
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single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:27 May 1867
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer/journalist/reviewer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Times Literary Supplement
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
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Source Information:
Record ID:26313
Source:Arnold Bennett
Editor:James Hepburn
Title:Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931
Place of Publication:London: Oxford University Press
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:III
Page:345-6
Additional Comments:
In a letter from Arnold Bennett to Harriet Cohen, [from 75, Cadogan Square], dated 22.10.30
Citation:
Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931, (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 345-6, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26313, accessed: 03 February 2026
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