Cooper, Lettice. Fenny. Gollancz, 1968.
inside dust-jacket
Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Literary responses | Lettice Cooper | Like Cooper's previous book, this too netted a flattering comparison to a nineteenth-century woman writer. Richard Church
in John O'London's likened it to Charlotte Brontë
's Villette. Cooper, Lettice. Fenny. Gollancz, 1968. inside dust-jacket |
Literary responses | Dorothy Whipple | Reviews, however, were good: in the Times, the New Statesman (by Peter Quennell
), John o' London's (by Richard Church
), and Manchester Guardian (by Norah Hoult
, who was herself a novelist). Whipple, Dorothy. Random Commentary. Michael Joseph, 1966. 68-9 |
Literary responses | Dorothy Whipple | Colonel
and Mrs Williams
, the owners of Parciau, were far from pleased at finding themselves and their lives portrayed in fiction. Conville, David, and Dorothy Whipple. “Afterword”. The Priory, Persephone Books, 2003, pp. 529-36. 533 Whipple, Dorothy. Random Commentary. Michael Joseph, 1966. 99 |
Literary responses | Elizabeth Taylor | At Mrs. Lippincote's set the tone for reception of ET
by attracting very mixed reviews. She treasured praise from L. P. Hartley
, Richard Church
(who was reminded of Woolf
's Mrs Dalloway), and... |
Literary responses | Stevie Smith | The writer Richard Church
admired it enough to write to the publishers. Through this he and SS
became friends. Smith, Stevie. Me Again. Editors Barbera, Jack and William McBrien, Vintage, 1983. 300 |
Literary responses | Ruth Pitter | RP
hunted out a copy of this book to present to C. S. Lewis when they first met in July 1946, writing that she thought it, though only grotesque & satirical . . . my... |
Publishing | Dorothy Richardson | |
Publishing | Dorothy Richardson | After reading volume twelve (Dimple Hill) in 1937, Richard Church
was enthusiastic (he liked the novel better than Clear Horizon) and prepared to go ahead with publishing the collection. However, his plan... |
Reception | Dorothy Richardson | Her publisher Richard Church
of Dent
had organised a group of people, including novelist Hugh Walpole
, to write on her behalf to Prime Minister Chamberlain
. The pension allowed Richardson and her husband relief... |
Reception | Ruth Pitter | During her lifetime RP
was deeply appreciated by some readers. C. S. Lewis
scatters through his letters such remarks as Whenever I re-read your poems, I blame myself for not re-reading them oftener. King, Don W. “The Anatomy of a Friendship: the correspondence of Ruth Pitter and C. S. Lewis, 1946-1962: Mythlore, Summer 2003”. Findarticles. 2 |
Wealth and Poverty | Dorothy Richardson |
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