Word: swinnerton
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Fortunately there lives a man to keep the fires of controversy burning. Mr. Frank Swinnerton, well known British author and--be it remembered--friend of Sir James, has come over here with his tongue in his cheek and mischief in his eye, bearing a confirmation of faith for all wavering Ashfordites. Mr. Swinnerton has been well coached. His account of the origin of the "Young Visiters" coincides in all important respects with that of its distinguished, though whimsical, sponsor. According to his own statement, Mr. Swinnerton received the manuscript from a friend of Daisy Ashford's while...
...spite of all this, however, Mr. Swinnerton's solemn declarations have not been received with all that seriousness usually accorded his remarks. "The report still persists that Barrie wrote the book," he complains. "The other day A. G. Gardiner poked me in the ribs and said that of course Barrie didn't write it and then he laughed." Did he, indeed? Oh, naughty Mr. Gardiner...
...book by Author Swinnerton. He has no Moral Purpose...
...YOUNG FELIX-Frank Swinnerton- Doran...
...Author. Frank Swinnerton was born in London in 1884. He is the author of The Happy Family, On the Staircase, The Chaste Wife, Shops and Houses, Nocturne, September, Coquette. According to Arnold Bennett and H. G. Wells, Nocturne is "the perfect novel...