"'But do I see afore me, him as I ever sported with in his times of happy infancy? And may I-may I?' "This May I, meant might he shake hands?" I do not know why I should be so overpoweringly reminded of the immortal, if at times impossible, Uncle Pumblechook, when I sit down to write a short preface to Mr. Swinnerton's Nocturne. Jests come at times out of the backwoods of a writer's mind. It is part of the literary quality that behind the writer there is a sub-writer, making a commentary. This is a comment against which I may reasonably expostulate, but which nevertheless I am indisposed to...
"'But do I see afore me, him as I ever sported with in his times of happy infancy? And may I-may I?' "This May I, meant might he shake hands?" I do no...
This is Frank Swinnerton's 1917 novel, "Nocturne." Written in response to a challenge which required him to write a novel that takes place in a single evening, "Nocturne" is set firmly in the world of the working classes and follows the story of Jenny and Emmy, two sisters whose differences threaten to tear them apart. A masterful and intriguing novel not to be missed by fans of Swinnerton's work. Frank Arthur Swinnerton (1884 - 1982) was an English critic, biographer, novelist, and essayist. During his lifetime he wrote more than fifty books, and aided other seminal writers including Aldous...
This is Frank Swinnerton's 1917 novel, "Nocturne." Written in response to a challenge which required him to write a novel that takes place in a single...
