'I am well into ?Dodsworth? and am liking it. It is very interesting though I find that Lewis has rather a ?green?, a youthful way of talking about Europe which makes the book read rather like a first novel. The American touch, of course. It is rather painful to read, though. Fran is altogether too infuriating, too cold-bloodedly dishonoured. For she doesn?t believe her own talk however Lewis may be eager at odd moments to think her rather a poor little thing. It is great reading, though. Why does he not put in a little more about the contrasting women, the real, honest, dignified, courageous person that some women do manage to be ? ???.'