Books about Arnold Bennett

Arnold Bennett Himself (1931) by Rebecca West

Copy: Hardback John Day Company, New York

Seller: De Wolfe & Wood, Alfred, ME, U.S.A.

Arnold Bennett and H G Wells: A Record of a Personal And Literary Friendship (1960) by Harris Wilson

Copy: Hardback

Seller: VV Books, Gahanna, OH, U.S.A.

Arnold Bennett (1967) by John Wain

Copy: Hardback Columbia U, NY

Seller: Meadowlark Books, Hawley MN, U.S.A.

Arnold Bennett: A Biography (1974) by Margaret Drabble

Copy: Paperback 9780860077299 Futura Publications

Seller: Goldstone Books, Ammanford, a., United Kingdom

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A Select Bibliography

The Problem of Arnold Bennett, by G. West (1932).

Arnold Bennett, by G. Lafourcade (1939) —these two critical studies contain short bibliographical check-lists, the second giving particulars not otherwise available.

Collected Editions

THE CLAYHANGER FAMILY (1925)- Contains: CLAYHANGER and its two sequels, HILDA LESSWAYS and THESE TWAIN.

THE ARNOLD BENNETT OMNIBUS BOOK (1931). Contains: RICEYMAN STEPS, ELSIE AND THE CHILD, LORD RAINGO, and ACCIDENT.

THE PENGUIN ARNOLD BENNETT (1954). Six volumes, ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS, THE GRAND BABYLON HOTEL, RICEYMAN STEPS, THE OLD WIVES TALE, CLAYHANGER, and a selection from Bennett's JOURNAL, each with an Introduction by F. Swinnerton.

Some Critical and Biographical Studies

ARNOLD BENNETT by F. J. Harvey Darton (1915) —the first critical study of Bennett's work, valuable as a confident provisional estimate of a man who was still in mid-career.

MY ARNOLD BENNETT, by Marguerite His Wife (1931) —a series of personal memories, with a character-study of Bennett as a temperamental genius.

THE PROBLEM OF ARNOLD BENNETT, by G. West (1923). 'A.B': . . . A Minor Marginal Note. By Pauline Smith (1933) —the delightful sketch of a benevolent friend, written by a sensitive South African and short story writer who owed Bennett vital encouragement and affectionate interest.

ARNOLD BENNETT: A Portrait Done at Home, by Dorothy Cheston Bennett (1935)-Contains also 172 Letters from Arnold Bennett to D.C.B. A further series of personal memories: the letters highly characteristic.

ARNOLD BENNETT'S LETTERS TO HIS NEPHEW RICHARD BENNETT, 1921 1931 (1936) —with an introduction by Frank Swinnerton.

Place of publication London, unless stated otherwise.

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