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...priest. It ended, 549 pages later, with his going to sea after he had destroyed his mother's last hope, had a love affair with Sheila, his brother's wife, witnessed a general strike. Most vivid characterization was the demoniac Mrs. Fury, who fought the squalor that rose like a flood around her and was defeated in every hope...
...work than borrow, if work on credit he can, who would rather borrow than steal, and who would sooner steal than leave the land on which he was raised and of which he feels himself an integral part, is superb. There is a certain gallantry in his self-willed squalor that remains as one of the abiding impressions of the play. His supporting cast is excellent, and as a team, they manage to pull the very best possible from the script. On the whole, the result is interesting and amusing, hardly sensational...
...backwoods Bannisters, for all their advantages of fresh air and beautiful scenery, lived in a condition of squalor equal to that of any city slum. Heavy, truculent Mother Bannister was the township's "fast woman." In peaked caps and corduroy breeches, her sons, pinheaded Daniel and grinning Arthur, snared rabbits in the woods. So irredeemably relaxed were the Bannister morals that a Salvation Army officer assigned to improve their lot ended by undoing 13-year-old daughter Marie. At about that time the Bannisters got their bright idea...
...quite untrue that Edward of Wales always popped off to a night club. He often popped off to rove restlessly and sympathetically about the slums, exclaiming at scenes of squalor "How ghastly!", but he did pop off, often with Americans and nearly always to points beyond the orbit of those responsible British states men over whom the new King must now reign while they rule. For the sheer energy of this light, lean King the ruled class have a special liking, because to them so many British employers seem languid and over fed. Edward VIII is appropriately a "snappy" King...
Dorothy Cheston was never legally Arnold Bennett's wife, though before his death in 1931 a court let her adopt his name. Because he would not face the clamorous squalor of the divorce court, Bennett first would not, later could not get a divorce, under English law, from his real wife. When he first met Dorothy Cheston, he contemplated no further domestic entanglements. He was a famed middle-aged author, she a young (22-year-old) actress. Their friendship ripened perceptibly-from teas to tête-à-tête dinners to duets to a solemn kiss. Finally...