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William Arnold

 

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Mary Augusta Ward : Robert Elsmere

'After reading the first volume [of Mrs Ward's "Robert Elsmere"] he [William Arnold] wrote to Mrs Arnold, "You may look forward to finding yourself the mother of a famous woman!".'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: William Arnold      Print: Book

  

George Meredith : 

'How they [Mrs Ward and her brother William Arnold] would talk, sometimes, about the details of her craft, about Jane Austen, or Trollope or George Meredith! For this latter they both had a feeling akin to adoration, based on a knowledge not only of his novels but of his poems (then not a common accomplishment); and I remember W.T.A. once saying to me that he thought the jolliest line in English poetry was Gentle beasties through pushed a cold long nose'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: William Arnold      Print: Book

 

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