Transcription of MR. BENNETT AND MRS. BROWN - Columbia University
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THE HOGARTH ESSAYS MR. BENNETT AND MRS. BROWN THE HOGARTH PRESS MR. BENNETT AND MRS. BROWN VIRGINIA WOOLF PUBLISHED BY LEONARD AND VIRGINIA WOOLF AT THE HOGARTH PRESS TAVISTOCK SQUARE LONDON I924 MR. BENNETT AND MRS. BROWN ' IT seems to me possible, perhaps desirable, that I may be the only person in this room who has committed the folly of writing, trying to write, or failing to write, a novel. And when I asked myself, as your invitation to speak to you about modern fiction made me ask myself, what demon whis-pered in my ear and urged me to my doom, a little figure rose before me the figure of a man, or of a woman, who said, " My name is BROWN . Catch me if you can." Most novelists have the same experience.
unpleasant business to settle with Mrs. Brown; a secret, perhaps sinister business, which they did not intend to discuss in my presence. " Yes, the Crofts have had very bad luck with their ser-vants," Mr. Smith (as I will call him) said in a considering way, going back to some earlier topic, with a view to keeping up appearances.
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