His mother, Sarah Ann Bennett
(née Longson), was described by AB
's ex-wife, Marguerite
, as a devoted wife with no sense of humour,
Bennett, Marguerite. My Arnold Bennett. E. P. Dutton, 1932.
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who shared with her husband a strong determination to get...
Family and Intimate relationships
Arnold Bennett
While he was living in France AB
married a Frenchwoman, Marie Marguérite Soulié
(called Marguerite), his secretary, on 4 July 1907.
Bennett, Marguerite. My Arnold Bennett. E. P. Dutton, 1932.
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She says a friend had warned her that he was hard to please...
Friends, Associates
Edith Sitwell
By 1919 ES
was also friendly with Arnold Bennett
and his wife Marguerite
. Wyndham Lewis
became a great friend, did many drawings of her, and demonstrated a sexual interest in her as well, which...