| Evidence: | I have read a lot of 'The Vatican Swindle' and also 'The School of Women'.
I see in the course of a year a large number of American translations, and I have not yet seen one which was not extremely inferior to Madame Bussy’s translation of you.
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 11 Mar 1929 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Arnold Bennett |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 27 May 1867 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer/journalist/reviewer |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | André Gide |
| Title: | The School of Women |
| Genre: | Fiction, Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 26282 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Arnold Bennett | |
| Editor: | James Hepburn | |
| Title: | Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931 | |
| Place of Publication: | London: Oxford University Press | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | III | |
| Page: | 320 | |
| Additional comments: | In a letter from Arnold Bennett to André Gide, [from 75 Cadogan Square], dated 11th March, 1929 |
| Citation: | Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931 (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 320, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26282, accessed: 30 May 2023 | |
| refers to an American translation of Gide's novel |
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