Project Gutenberg 2005-04-26 Public domain in the USA. 326 Bennett, Arnold 1867 1931 Bennett, Enoch Arnold Bennett, E. Arnold Books and Persons; Being Comments on a Past Epoch, 1908-1911 Wilfred Whitten's prose -- Ugliness in fiction -- Letters of Queen Victoria -- French publishers -- Wordsworth's single lines -- Novelists and agents -- The novel of the season -- German expansion -- The book-buyer -- Joseph Conrad and the Athenæum -- The professors -- Mrs. Humphry Ward's heroines -- W.W. Jacobs and Aristophanes -- Kenneth Grahame -- Anatole France -- Intimations of immortality -- Mallarmé, Bazin, Swinburne -- The ruined season -- "Ecce homo" -- Henry Ospovat -- French and British academies -- Poe and the short story -- Middle-class -- The potential public -- H.G. Wells -- Tchehkoff -- The Surrey labourer -- Swinburne -- The Sevenpennies -- Meredith -- St. John Hankin -- Unclean books -- Trollope's methods -- Chesterton and Lucas -- Official recognition of poetry -- Artists and critics -- Rudyard Kipling -- Censorship by the libraries [1909] -- Censorship by the libraries [1910] -- Brieux -- C.E. Montague -- Publishers and authors -- Tourgeniev and Dostoievsky -- John Galsworthy -- Suppressions in "De Profundis" -- Holiday reading -- The British Academy of Letters -- Unfinished perusals -- Mr. A.C. Benson -- The literary periodical -- The length of novels -- Artists and money -- Henri Becque -- Henry James -- English literary criticism -- Mrs. Elinor Glyn -- W.H. Hudson -- Neo-impressionism and literature -- Books of the year -- "The new Machiavelli" -- Success in journalism -- Marguerite Audoux -- John Masefield -- Lectures and state performances -- A play of Tchehkoff's -- Sea and slaughter -- A book in a railway accident -- "Fiction" and "literature." Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. "Books and Persons; Being Comments on a Past Epoch, 1908-1911" by Arnold Bennett is a collection of critical essays written in the early 20th century. The book compiles a series of articles that Bennett penned for a weekly publication, where he reflects on various literary works, authors, and the state of literature during that period, exploring themes of aesthetics, criticism, and the responsibilities of writers and publishers. The opening of the work sets the stage for Bennett's critical voice, as he discusses the contributions of the writer Wilfred Whitten and his perspectives on prose and critical writing. Bennett establishes his stance on the literary landscape of his time, implying the challenges faced by serious authors in a world often captivated by less substantial works. He emphasizes the importance of genuine prose and expresses a mix of admiration and critical insight towards his contemporaries, hinting at a broader commentary on literature’s evolution and the importance of artistic integrity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Literature, Modern -- History and criticism PN Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches 463332 2025-08-07T04:01:47.112854 text/html 453352 2020-12-14T10:59:40 text/html 264729 2025-08-07T04:01:57.556782 application/epub+zip 271241 2025-08-07T04:01:51.212829 application/epub+zip 237068 2025-08-07T04:01:49.642842 application/epub+zip 612811 2025-08-07T04:02:02.614791 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 544330 2025-08-07T04:01:56.388796 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 500270 2022-09-07T23:20:21.922805 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 394604 2025-08-07T04:01:45.996837 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 394160 2020-12-14T10:59:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 394185 2020-12-14T10:59:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21364 2025-08-07T04:02:02.749764 application/rdf+xml 26284 2025-08-07T04:01:50.179816 image/jpeg 5036 2025-08-07T04:01:49.911830 image/jpeg 155426 2020-12-14T10:59:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 165670 2020-12-14T10:59:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 155237 2020-12-14T10:59:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 258118 2025-08-07T04:01:47.145871 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia