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David Garnett
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David Garnett : Go She Must
While her terminally ill sister Anne was staying at a nursing home in Priory Road, West Hampstead, Charlotte Mew 'came every day with novels to read aloud and amuse them both, starting with David Garnett's [italics]Go She Must[end italics].'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Charlotte Mew Print: Book
David Garnett : A Man in the Zoo
Remarks in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book of 1926 include 'Nearly all novels go off at the end,' with further comments including: 'Bunny's books are so good because they [italics]don't[end italics] go off. A Man at the Zoo [sic] fails at the end because the author daren't put the lady into the cage as well as the man. But Fox and Sailor strengthen steadily.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Edward Morgan Forster Print: Book
David Garnett : Lady into Fox
Remarks in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book of 1926 include 'Nearly all novels go off at the end,' with further comments including: 'Bunny's books are so good because they [italics]don't[end italics] go off. A Man at the Zoo [sic] fails at the end because the author daren't put the lady into the cage as well as the man. But Fox and Sailor strengthen steadily.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Edward Morgan Forster Print: Book
David Garnett : The Sailor's Return
Remarks in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book of 1926 include 'Nearly all novels go off at the end,' with further comments including: 'Bunny's books are so good because they [italics]don't[end italics] go off. A Man at the Zoo [sic] fails at the end because the author daren't put the lady into the cage as well as the man. But Fox and Sailor strengthen steadily.'
UnknownCentury: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Edward Morgan Forster
David Garnett : Lady into Fox
'Many thanks for D. [David]'s little tale ["Lady into Fox"]. Its the most successful thing of the kind I have ever seen.'
[Hence follow ten lines of praise.]
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad Print: Book
David Garnett : A Man in the Zoo
'For weeks I've had a bad wrist or I would have thanked you before for the "[A] M[an] [in] the Z[oo]". D[avid] may be congratulated in pulling off this piece with great tact and subtlety.'