Talk:Arnold Bennett

First wife?
It doesn't give her name or anything about the marriage. Valetude (talk) 10:15, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
 * In the 1970s there was a book of their correspondence, Arnold Bennett In Love. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Arnold-Bennett-love-Marguerite-correspondence/dp/0851270085 However, a biographical dictionary website says: "Bennett lived in France from 1902 to 1913. Shortly after his fortieth birthday he married Marguerite Soulié. The couple seemed happy but within a few years proved incompatible." https://biography.yourdictionary.com/arnold-bennett Marguerite, according to Britannica and other sources, was a French actress who had grown up in circumstances more comfortable than those of Bennett's youth. They married in 1907. If you research Bennett a bit you can find, for instance, Google Books results from out-of-print books, or extracts from Bennett's journals online (I don't have time at the moment to hunt all this up again), which show that even by about 1911 they were apart for much of the time. Bennett was in fact in London a good deal, contrary to the impression given by the article at present. He was often at the Reform Club, where he was on good cigar-smoking and chatting terms with Henry James in the Smoking Room after lunch. He eventually took a sort of bachelor flat, I think on Piccadilly, so he could spend more time in London. He wanted to keep Marguerite out of his London life. This annoyed her because she would have liked to move in that sort of society, but she was quite haughty and demanding and he felt she would just upset his friends and make him uninvitable. Khamba Tendal (talk) 17:33, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Comments
Nice article - as expected. Well put together and in excellent shape. A couple of very minor tweaks made, and a few comments below:


 * Lead
 * "despite their enormous popularity": I tripped slightly on this, wondering if the modernist school were the popular ones
 * Whoops! Attended to. Glad you spotted this.  Tim riley  talk  


 * "His finest novels": looks a bit POV-ish
 * I think the main text justifies this, with suitable citations.  Tim riley  talk   19:37, 8 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Freelance; Paris
 * "He did not begin work on that novel until 1907, and those published during his early years in Paris". This doesn't segue too smoothly.
 * True. Redrawn.  Tim riley  talk   19:37, 8 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Marriage; Fontainebleau
 * "Bennett was well rid of her": does she base this on anything?
 * She does – Green was an all-round bad lot – but it seems to me that her irresponsible behaviour over the wedding and her quick switch to another fiancé are reason enough in themselves.  Tim riley  talk   19:37, 8 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Commas for £2000, £1200 and £3000?
 * Indeed. Done.  Tim riley  talk   19:37, 8 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Notes
 * Is note 3 of any use, given the spread of £16,780 to £65,770? Wouldn't a direct conversion (such as this brilliant piece) work a bit better?
 * I quite agree. Would it be too cheeky of me to ask if you would kindly do the honours?  Tim riley  talk   19:37, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

I hope these help. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 15:50, 8 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Excellent! Thank you for these pointers. I'll enjoy working through them.  Tim riley  talk   17:44, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , thank you for those points: replies above, plus gratuitous importuning.  Tim riley  talk   19:37, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Done. Pip pip - SchroCat (talk) 20:01, 8 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much.  Tim riley  talk   20:10, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Age of qualifying as a solicitor
hi this article says he was born in 1867 and qulatified as a solicitor in 1876 - he would have been 9 years old? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.23.32.204 (talk) 11:27, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * If you read the article again you will see that the son was born in 1867 and the father qualified as a solicitor in 1876.  Tim riley  talk   17:58, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

The Bookman (London)

 * online
 * 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 22:24, 17 September 2022 (UTC)