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- ↑ James Hepburn, Arnold Bennett (Routledge Critical Heritage series), 2013, page 37.
- ↑ The Spectator, 3 August 1907, page 25.
- ↑ Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett: A Biography, 2012.
- ↑ Arnold Bennett: the critical heritage, Routledge, 1971, page 64.
- ↑ Margaret Drabble, "In the path of Priestley", The Guardian, 26 January 2008.
- ↑ John Wain, "Remarks on the short story", Journal of the Short Story in English, 41, 2003, pages 157-174.
- ↑ Mary Ann Gillies, The Professional Literary Agent in Britain, 1880-1920, University of Toronto Press, 2007, page 95.
