Reading Experience Database
1450-1945

Listing for Author: John Galsworthy

 

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1900-1945[A Sheffield Survey organised by Arnold Freeman in 1918, assessing 816 manual workers, gives the following case:] 'Eng...questionaire respondent John Galsworthy[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'[John] Galsworthy sent [Thomas] Hardy a presentation copy of "The Man of Property" [1906] and, Hardy told Florence He...Thomas Hardy John GalsworthyThe Man of PropertyPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Helen Crawfurd] derived lessons in socialism and feminism from Carlyle, Shaw, Wells, Galsworthy, Arnold Bennett, Ibs...Helen Crawfurd John GalsworthyPrint: Book
1900-1945'No national commentator sympathised with working-class culture so well as Wilfred Pickles, BBC newsreader and stonema...Wilfred Pickles John Galsworthy[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'As a ?1-a-week warehouse clerk in the early 1920s, H.E. Bates spent most of the workday with Conrad, Hardy, Wells, Be...Herbert Ernest Bates John Galsworthy[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945[the 'intellectual' clique within the Clarion Scouts, including Edwin Muir] "followed the literary and intellectual de...Edwin Muir John GalsworthyPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read during 1944]: 'The Specialist; All This and Heaven Too; Antony; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Roper's Row; T...Hilary Spalding John GalsworthyPlaysPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape...Hilary Spalding John GalsworthyEscapePrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape...Hilary Spalding John GalsworthyMan of Property, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape...Hilary Spalding John GalsworthyIn ChanceryPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape...Hilary Spalding John GalsworthyTo LetPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape...Hilary Spalding John GalsworthyOn Forsyte ChangePrint: Book
1900-1945'I enjoy most autobiographies and biography - you know Negley Farson's Travels - at the moment I'm reading Thackeray. ...John GalsworthyForsyte SagaPrint: Book
1900-1945'7th January 1929 Monday. This evening reading a book bought from Raincy, and writing to Teddie. ?Beyond? Galswort...Gerald Moore John GalsworthyBeyondPrint: Book
1900-1945'8th January 1929 ?Beyond? is a charming book. Sad both in its story and in the writer?s outlook, it is yet most ...Gerald Moore John GalsworthyBeyondPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have also been making a study of "The Country House". You are one of the most cruel writers that ever wrote Englis...Arnold Bennett John GalsworthyThe Country HousePrint: Book
1900-1945'I like "The Dark Flower" very much, & wrote to tell Galsworthy so?a thing I have never done before about a book of hi...Arnold Bennett John GalsworthyThe Dark FlowerPrint: Book
1850-1899'I send back the MS tonight.The chapters are all as they should be. The last line excellent. Good luck to the book.'Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyJocelynManuscript: Unknown, probably a typed MS
1850-1899'And the merit of the book ["Jocelyn"], (apart from distinguished literary expression) is just in this: You have given...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyJocelynManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945''The MS heralded by your letter arrived tbhis morning. I've had the time to read it . it is wonderfully well done: te...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Cosmopolitan (eventually known as A Knight)Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'I wanted to write to you about Your book [...] you know how paralysed one is sometimes-- and then we had talked--I ha...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Villa RubeinPrint: Book
1900-1945'I've read "The Silence" once but shall keep it till tomorrow. Certain remarks I keep for a note which I will send you...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe SilenceManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Nevertheless I've read the book ["A Man of Devon"] twice'. Hence follows a page of constructive criticism. Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyA Man of DevonPrint: Book
1900-1945'The book ["The Man of Property"] is in parts marvellously done and in its whole a piece of art-undubitably [sic] a pi...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Man of PropertyManuscript: presumably copy of MS sent for publication, or the page proofs, since book was publsihed on 23 March 1906
1900-1945'I've read Jack's article in the "Speaker". Hum! Hum! He had better be careful.'Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyWanted - Schooling in FictionPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'My dearest Jack I read the "C[ountry H[ouse]" with perfectly unalloyed delight. [...] I can only say it came to me in...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Country HousePrint: Book
1900-1945' I didn't write before because I was finishing something. That does not mean that I did not read the play ["Joy"] at ...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyJoyPrint: probably a playscript
1900-1945'The new edition of the "Island Ph[arisee]" arrived during the crisis of horrors [severe gout and the debilitating eff...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Island PhariseesPrint: Book
1900-1945'The book arrived by the first post.[...] [it] might be described as an appalling indictment of the middle classes--[...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyA CommentaryPrint: Book
1900-1945'I found Jessie crazy with tooth ache which lasted all day, and transported--it's the only word for it--with admiratio...Jessie Conrad John GalsworthyFraternityManuscript: Sheet
1900-1945'In H. James " Little Tour of France" (which I will send to Ada [Galsworthy] to take west with her for leisurely readi...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyFraternityManuscript: Sheet
1900-1945'From one point of view I've nothing but admiration for the ending of "Shadows" ["Fraternity"].Its naturalness is appa...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyFraternityManuscript: Sheet
1900-1945'Both Jessie and I are very much struck with "[A] Fisher of Men".'Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyA Fisher of MenPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'A fine book dearest boy ! I've read it several times. There's a breadth, an ease in it which gives one a quite new v...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyFraternityPrint: Book
1900-1945'I like immensely your verse in the last E[nglish R[eview]. The second piece for choice but as a matter of fact I like...Joseph Conrad John Galsworthyunspecified poemPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'This ["The Eldest Son"] is extremely fine [...]. At the end of each act I got up and walked for a while in a sort of ...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Eldest SonManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Your paper on the drama has pleased me so much in the form and has appealed strongly to my convictions which it clari...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthySome Platitudes Concerning DramaPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945 I’ve read 200 pp of 'Clissold'. Formless & wordy, I agree (introductory note foolish); but so far I think the book...Arnold Bennett John GalsworthyThe Silver SpoonPrint: Book
1900-1945'I received the volume ["A Motley"] the day before yesterday and laid it aside till this afternoon.' Hence follow one...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyA MotleyPrint: Book
1900-1945'I send back "The Windlestraw" by return of post. In this sort of apologue you are simply incomparable.' Hence follow...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe WindlestrawManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Of course it ["The Patrician"] isn't pure aesthetics (only Flaubert's "Salammbo" among novels is that) but even on th...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe PatricianPrint: Book
1900-1945Transcript of interview: 'My father introduced me to the Forsyte Saga and I read all of that. Hunting Tower was the f...Hilary Spalding John GalsworthyForsyte SagaPrint: Book
1900-1945'The evening was then given up to the study of Galsworthy as an essayist & novelist. Ernest E. Unwin gave a brief intr...Rosamund Wallis John GalsworthyFreelands, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'The evening was then given up to the study of Galsworthy as an essayist & novelist. Ernest E. Unwin gave a brief intr...Helen Rawlings John GalsworthyFraternityPrint: Book
1900-1945'The evening was then given up to the study of Galsworthy as an essayist & novelist. Ernest E. Unwin gave a brief intr...Alfred Rawlings John GalsworthyPatrician, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'The evening was then given up to the study of Galsworthy as an essayist & novelist. Ernest E. Unwin gave a brief intr...Ernest E. Unwin John GalsworthyPrint: Book
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to readings from the plays of Galsworthy. The plays thus dealt with were: Justice...Members of XII Book ClubJohn GalsworthyJusticePrint: Book
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to readings from the plays of Galsworthy. The plays thus dealt with were: Justice...Members of XII Book ClubJohn GalsworthyBit o' Love, APrint: Book
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to readings from the plays of Galsworthy. The plays thus dealt with were: Justice...Members of XII Book ClubJohn GalsworthyStrifePrint: Book
1900-1945'A play-reading of Galsworthy's Skin-Game was then given. The members taking part were as follows Hillcrest R.H. Robs...Members of the XII Book clubJohn GalsworthySkin Game, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'I won't say anything of "The Pigeon"-- except that it reads admirably and that I have been fascinated by the theme an...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Pigeon: A Fantasy in Three Acts Unknown
1900-1945'It's ["The Inn of Tranquillity"] wholly excellent and certainly fascinating.[...] Of course I had read many of the pa...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Inn of TranquillityPrint: Book
1900-1945''We are so glad to know you are both flourishing. We know of your Sicilian interlude from your letter to the "Times".'Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Thanks for the book ["The Little Man"]. "Abracadabra" is immense. Indeed every page is as full as it can be right thr...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Little Man and other satiresPrint: Book
1900-1945'These things [proofs of "The Little Man"] are much too exquisite and poignant to be really satire even if you prefer ...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Little Man and other satiresPrint: galley proofs
1900-1945'It ["The Freelands"] is a most beautifully done thing. [...]. I kept your book for a propitious day and finished it a...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe FreelandsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Gallsworthy's [sic] play "The Escape" was then read in parts by the Club except that the Prologue was omitted. The re...Members of XII Book ClubJohn GalsworthyEscape, an Episodic Play in a Prologue and Two PartsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Four one act plays were then read: "Windows by J. Galsworthy, "the Dear Departed" by Stanley Houghton, "The Boy Co...Members of XII Book ClubJohn GalsworthyWindowsPrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject of the Forsyte Saga was then introduced by Charles E. Stansfield with a reading from the introduction. Th...Charles E. Stansfield John Galsworthy[Introduction to the 'Forsyte Saga']Print: Book
1900-1945'The subject of the Forsyte Saga was then introduced by Charles E. Stansfield with a reading from the introduction. Th...Katherine S. Evans John GalsworthyIndian Summer of a ForsytePrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject of the Forsyte Saga was then introduced by Charles E. Stansfield with a reading from the introduction. Th...R. B. Graham John GalsworthyIn ChanceryPrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject of the Forsyte Saga was then introduced by Charles E. Stansfield with a reading from the introduction. Th...Janet Rawlings John GalsworthyIn ChanceryPrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject of the Forsyte Saga was then introduced by Charles E. Stansfield with a reading from the introduction. Th...Rosamund Wallis John GalsworthyAwakeningPrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject of the Forsyte Saga was then introduced by Charles E. Stansfield with a reading from the introduction. Th...Francis Pollard John GalsworthyTo LetPrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject of the Forsyte Saga was then introduced by Charles E. Stansfield with a reading from the introduction. Th...Dorothy Brain John GalsworthyThe White MonkeyPrint: Book
1900-1945'This ["Beyond"] is a gripping piece of writing. I got as far as p.47 before it dawned on me that these were marvellou...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyBeyondPrint: Book
1900-1945'PS I've seen your most charming article on the French in the "Fortnightly [Review]". 'Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyFrance, 1916-1917: An ImpressionPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I am of course with you entirely both as to the matter and the expression of the Agricultural pamphlet. Thanks very m...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Land: A Plea
1900-1945'The justness of all these things said in "Another Sheaf" is what strikes one most.'Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyAnother SheafPrint: Book
1900-1945

'I finished your MS yesterday and am very much impressed by the ampleness of the scheme, the masterly ease in the h...

Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyIn ChanceryManuscript: Sheet
1900-1945

'I finished your MS yesterday and am very much impressed by the ampleness of the scheme, the masterly ease in the h...

Jessie Conrad John GalsworthyTatterdemalionPrint: Book
1900-1945'Yesterday I read the first inst[alment] of "To Let" in a spirit of philistinish curiosity.'Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyTo LetPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Rudo [R.H.Sauter] shows much charm in "Awakening", which harmonised with the charm of the text in a fascinating way.'Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe AwakeningPrint: Book
1900-1945'Thank you very much for sending me the text [of John Galsworthy's play "The Family Man"] which I have looked over wit...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Family ManPrint: playscript
1900-1945'For the last two days I have been reading "The [Forsythye] Saga" which makes a wonderful volume.[...] How fresh "The ...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Forsythe SagaPrint: Book
1900-1945'The vol. of your stories arrived while we were over in Havre [...]. Thanks, my dear fellow its a jolly good handful. ...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyCapturesPrint: Book
1900-1945'I feel compunctions not having written before about "The Forest" — a piece of work to which I came with the gre...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe ForestPrint: playscript
1900-1945'I simply had to tell you having been impressed by seeing for the first time in my life a work of imagination acting u...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyStrifeManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'At the foot of the bed was an oak "library table" [...]. There were several piles of books on it, W. W. Jacobs for li...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyPrint: Book
1900-1945

'A. Meeting held at Frensham 19/3/1929 H. R. Smith in the chair

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Un-named members of the XII Book ClubJohn GalsworthyHall-MarkedUnknown
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'A. Meeting held at Frensham 19/3/1929 H. R. Smith in the chair

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Un-named members of the XII Book ClubJohn GalsworthyThe Little ManUnknown
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'A. Meeting held at Frensham 19/3/1929 H. R. Smith in the chair

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Un-named members of the XII Book ClubJohn GalsworthyPunch and GoUnknown
1900-1945Meeting held at Broomfield June 3rd 1930
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Reginald H. Robson John GalsworthyThe RoofPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at Broomfield June 3rd 1930
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Henry Marriage Wallis John GalsworthyThe RoofPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at Broomfield June 3rd 1930
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Howard Smith John GalsworthyThe RoofPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at Broomfield June 3rd 1930
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Thomas C. Elliott John GalsworthyThe RoofPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at Broomfield June 3rd 1930
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Sylvanus A. Reynolds John GalsworthyThe RoofPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at Broomfield June 3rd 1930
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Edith B. Smith John GalsworthyThe RoofPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at Broomfield June 3rd 1930
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George Burrow John GalsworthyThe RoofPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at Broomfield June 3rd 1930
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Celia Burrow John GalsworthyThe RoofPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at Broomfield June 3rd 1930
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E. Dorothy Brain John GalsworthyThe RoofPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at Broomfield June 3rd 1930
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J. Rawlings John GalsworthyThe RoofPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at Broomfield June 3rd 1930
G. Burrow in the chair
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Rosamund Wallis John GalsworthyThe RoofPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at Broomfield June 3rd 1930
G. Burrow in the chair
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Ethel C. Stevens John GalsworthyThe RoofPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at Broomfield June 3rd 1930
G. Burrow in the chair
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Mary E. Robson John GalsworthyThe RoofPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at Broomfield June 3rd 1930
G. Burrow in the chair
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Mary Pollard John GalsworthyThe RoofPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at Broomfield June 3rd 1930
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Francis Pollard John GalsworthyThe RoofPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue: 14. 12. 37
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6. The evening was completed by the reading of extra...
Sylvanus A. Reynolds John GalsworthyThe White MonkeyPrint: Book

 

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