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href="/author/brownedivor&norefer=2">ed Ivor Brown</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/brownivorjc&norefer=2">Ivor J. 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Brown</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/brownivoreditor&norefer=2">editor Ivor Brown</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/ivorjohncarnegiebrow&norefer=2">ivorjohncarnegiebrow</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/brownivoranalyses&norefer=2">Ivor Brown, Analyses</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/brownivorjohncarnegi&norefer=2">Ivor John Carnegie Brown</a></span></span></p></div><div class="tinytext">Image credit: Photo credit: Howard Coster</div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_series" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_5ff3" data-caret-id="tdc_u_5ff3" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_d3a6" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("series", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="series" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_5ff3" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Series</h2><span id="tdh_u_d3a6" ><a name="series"></a><div class="worklist serieslist"><div id="u_caa2069b" class="lt_itemlist"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/nseries/76982/Word-anthologies-Ivor-Brown" class="" >Word anthologies : Ivor Brown</a></div></div></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_mainworks" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_c19d" data-caret-id="tdc_u_c19d" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_3c81" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("mainworks", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="mainworks" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_c19d" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Works by Ivor Brown</h2><span id="tdh_u_3c81" ><a name="mainworks"></a><div class="section_controls"><div data-value="0" class="lt_pillbox lt_blend_nav small lt_small" id="recent_pillbox" ><a data-value="0" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.sortWorks('brownivor', 0);" role="button" class="selected" ><span class="ltp_txt">Popular</span></a class="" ><a data-value="1" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.sortWorks('brownivor', 1);" role="button" class="" ><span class="ltp_txt">Recent</span></a class="" ></div class="" ></div><div class="worklist"><div id="u_cdb3d827" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/103891" data-workid="103891" data-title="Shakespeare" class="" >Shakespeare</a> <span class="date">(1951)</span> <span class="copies note">220 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/273404" data-workid="273404" data-title="Chosen-Words" class="" >Chosen Words</a> <span class="date">(1979)</span> <span class="copies note">47 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1983798" data-workid="1983798" data-title="A-Book-of-England" class="" >A Book of England</a> <span class="date">(1958)</span> <span class="copies note">45 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/3781550" data-workid="3781550" data-title="How-Shakespeare-Spent-the-Day" class="" >How Shakespeare Spent the Day</a> <span class="date">(1963)</span> <span class="copies note">28 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1336278" data-workid="1336278" data-title="Ivor-Browns-Book-of-Words" class="" >Ivor Brown's Book of Words</a> <span class="date">(1947)</span> <span class="copies note">23 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1010977" data-workid="1010977" data-title="Shakespeare-in-his-time" class="" >Shakespeare in his time</a> <span class="date">(1976)</span> <span class="copies note">23 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/6470709" data-workid="6470709" data-title="Shakespeare-and-his-world" class="" >Shakespeare and his world</a> <span class="date">(1964)</span> <span class="copies note">18 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/989605" data-workid="989605" data-title="I-Give-You-My-Word" class="" >I Give You My Word</a> <span class="date">(1977)</span> <span class="copies note">15 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1430463" data-workid="1430463" data-title="A-Book-of-London" class="" >A Book of London</a> <span class="date">(1961)</span> <span class="copies note">15 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/999119" data-workid="999119" data-title="A-Word-In-Your-Ear" class="" >A Word In Your Ear</a> <span class="date">(1944)</span> <span class="copies note">13 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/7526974" data-workid="7526974" data-title="Winter-in-London" class="" >Winter in London</a> <span class="date">(1951)</span> <span class="copies note">12 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1159241" data-workid="1159241" data-title="The-women-in-Shakespeares-life" class="" >The women in Shakespeare's life</a> <span class="date">(1968)</span> <span class="copies note">12 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1120629" data-workid="1120629" data-title="The-heart-of-England" class="" >The heart of England</a> <span class="date">(1935)</span> <span class="copies note">12 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1481524" data-workid="1481524" data-title="Dickens-and-His-World" class="" >Dickens and His World</a> <span class="date">(1970)</span> <span class="copies note">12 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/3767380" data-workid="3767380" data-title="Jane-Austen-and-her-world" class="" >Jane Austen and her world</a> <span class="date">(1966)</span> <span class="copies note">12 copies</span></div><div id="u_ced7f231" class="rolldown" data-action="slide" data-more="show more" data-less="show less" data-all="show all 79" ><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/989615" data-workid="989615" data-title="Just-another-word" class="" >Just another word</a> <span class="date">(1943)</span> <span class="copies note">10 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/284748" data-workid="284748" data-title="London-Cities-of-enchantment-series" class="" >London (Cities of enchantment series)</a> <span class="date">(1990)</span> <span class="copies note">10 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/4882167" data-workid="4882167" data-title="I-Give-You-My-Word-and-Say-the-Word" class="" >I Give You My Word and Say the Word</a> <span class="date">(1948)</span> <span class="copies note">9 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/11681428" data-workid="11681428" data-title="Shaw-in-his-time" class="" >Shaw in his time</a> <span class="date">(1979)</span> <span class="copies note">9 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/999146" data-workid="999146" data-title="Say-the-Word" class="" >Say the Word</a> <span class="copies note">9 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5083154" data-workid="5083154" data-title="Dickens-in-his-time" class="" >Dickens in his time</a> <span class="date">(1965)</span> <span class="copies note">9 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1336268" data-workid="1336268" data-title="No-Idle-Words" class="" >No Idle Words</a> <span class="date">(1948)</span> <span class="copies note">7 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/989561" data-workid="989561" data-title="I-Break-My-Word" class="" >I Break My Word</a> <span class="date">(1951)</span> <span class="copies note">7 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/820679" data-workid="820679" data-title="Conan-Doyle" class="" >Conan Doyle</a> <span class="date">(1972)</span> <span class="copies note">7 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1336265" data-workid="1336265" data-title="Having-the-last-word" class="" >Having the last word</a> <span class="date">(1950)</span> <span class="copies note">7 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/12790033" data-workid="12790033" data-title="H-G-Wells" class="" >H. G. Wells</a> <span class="date">(1972)</span> <span class="copies note">6 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/8369447" data-workid="8369447" data-title="The-Way-of-My-World" class="" >The Way of My World</a> <span class="date">(1954)</span> <span class="copies note">6 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1340777" data-workid="1340777" data-title="A-ring-of-words" class="" >A ring of words</a> <span class="date">(1972)</span> <span class="copies note">6 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/996221" data-workid="996221" data-title="W-Somerset-Maugham" class="" >W. Somerset Maugham</a> <span class="date">(1970)</span> <span class="copies note">6 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/992068" data-workid="992068" data-title="Look-at-theatres-A-Panther-look-book" class="" >Look at theatres (A Panther look book)</a> <span class="date">(1969)</span> <span class="copies note">6 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/3607293" data-workid="3607293" data-title="Word-for-word-An-encyclopaedia-of-beer" class="" >Word for word. An encyclopaedia of beer</a> <span class="date">(1953)</span> <span class="copies note">5 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/3022056" data-workid="3022056" data-title="The-Bedside-039-Guardian-039-2" class="" >The Bedside 'Guardian' 2</a> <span class="date">(1953)</span> — Editor — <span class="copies note">5 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/10020192" data-workid="10020192" data-title="Balmoral" class="" >Balmoral</a> <span class="date">(1966)</span> <span class="copies note">5 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/989583" data-workid="989583" data-title="Words-in-our-time" class="" >Words in our time</a> <span class="date">(1974)</span> <span class="copies note">5 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1826152" data-workid="1826152" data-title="Words-on-the-Level" class="" >Words on the Level</a> <span class="date">(1973)</span> <span class="copies note">5 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5422992" data-workid="5422992" data-title="Random-Words" class="" >Random Words</a> <span class="date">(1971)</span> <span class="copies note">5 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/989579" data-workid="989579" data-title="A-word-in-edgeways" class="" >A word in edgeways</a> <span class="copies note">5 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/3794420" data-workid="3794420" data-title="Shakespeare-Memorial-Theatre-1948-1950" class="" >Shakespeare Memorial Theatre 1948-1950</a> <span class="date">(1951)</span> <span class="copies note">5 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/3283948" data-workid="3283948" data-title="Shakespeare-and-the-actors" class="" >Shakespeare and the actors</a> <span class="date">(1970)</span> <span class="copies note">5 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5486014" data-workid="5486014" data-title="Theatre-1955-6" class="" >Theatre 1955-6</a> <span class="copies note">4 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/12940490" data-workid="12940490" data-title="The-Bedside-Guardian-7-A-Selection-from-the-Manchester-Guardian-1957-58" class="" >The Bedside Guardian 7: A Selection from the Manchester Guardian 1957-58</a> <span class="date">(1958)</span> — Editor; Editor — <span class="copies note">4 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5422983" data-workid="5422983" data-title="Words-in-season" class="" >Words in season</a> <span class="date">(1974)</span> <span class="copies note">4 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/9264915" data-workid="9264915" data-title="London-an-illustrated-history" class="" >London; an illustrated history</a> <span class="date">(1969)</span> <span class="copies note">4 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/13470797" data-workid="13470797" data-title="J-B-Priestley" class="" >J.B. Priestley</a> <span class="date">(1964)</span> <span class="copies note">4 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1478831" data-workid="1478831" data-title="A-Charm-of-Names" class="" >A Charm of Names</a> <span class="date">(1972)</span> <span class="copies note">4 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/12940481" data-workid="12940481" data-title="The-Bedside-Guardian" class="" >The Bedside Guardian</a> <span class="date">(1952)</span> <span class="copies note">4 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/7642495" data-workid="7642495" data-title="Years-of-plenty" class="" >Years of plenty</a> <span class="date">(2012)</span> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5885204" data-workid="5885204" data-title="This-Shakespeare-Industry-Amazing-Monument" class="" >This Shakespeare Industry Amazing Monument</a> <span class="date">(1970)</span> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/3109409" data-workid="3109409" data-title="Old-And-Young" class="" >Old And Young</a> <span class="date">(1971)</span> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/4974598" data-workid="4974598" data-title="Parody-Party" class="" >Parody Party</a> <span class="date">(1970)</span> — Author — <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/3372658" data-workid="3372658" data-title="Shakespeare-Memorial-Theatre-1957-1959-A-Photographic-Record" class="" >Shakespeare Memorial Theatre 1957-1959: A Photographic Record</a> <span class="date">(1959)</span> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/13108980" data-workid="13108980" data-title="THE-BEDSIDE-GUARDIAN-4" class="" >THE BEDSIDE GUARDIAN 4.</a> <span class="date">(1955)</span> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5346437" data-workid="5346437" data-title="Mind-your-language%21" class="" >Mind your language!</a> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/2953520" data-workid="2953520" data-title="A-book-of-marriage-Selected-and-with-a-forward" class="" >A book of marriage. Selected and with a forward</a> <span class="date">(2011)</span> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/3022235" data-workid="3022235" data-title="The-Bedside-Guardian-5-A-Selection-from-the-Manchester-Guardian-1955-56" class="" >The Bedside Guardian 5 : A Selection from the Manchester Guardian 1955-56</a> <span class="date">(1956)</span> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/12927498" data-workid="12927498" data-title="Shakespeare-Memorial-Theatre-1954-56-a-Photographic-Record" class="" >Shakespeare Memorial Theatre 1954-56 : a Photographic Record</a> <span class="date">(1956)</span> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5422988" data-workid="5422988" data-title="A-rhapsody-of-words" class="" >A rhapsody of words</a> <span class="date">(1969)</span> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/8786059" data-workid="8786059" data-title="The-Bedside-Guardian-3" class="" >The Bedside Guardian - 3</a> <span class="date">(1954)</span> — Editor — <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/12940489" data-workid="12940489" data-title="The-Bedside-Guardian-6-A-selection-from-the-Manchester-Guardian-1956-57" class="" >The Bedside Guardian 6: A selection from the Manchester Guardian 1956-57</a> <span class="date">(1957)</span> — Editor — <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/9719300" data-workid="9719300" data-title="Life-within-reason" class="" >Life within reason</a> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1343709" data-workid="1343709" data-title="Summer-in-Scotland" class="" >Summer in Scotland</a> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/15750296" data-workid="15750296" data-title="Master-Sanguine-Who-Always-Believed-What-He-Was-Told" class="" >Master Sanguine: Who Always Believed What He Was Told</a> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/7969172" data-workid="7969172" data-title="Stately-Homes-in-Colour" class="" >Stately Homes in Colour</a> <span class="date">(1961)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/27155761" data-workid="27155761" data-title="The-Meaning-of-Democracy-pp-1-175" class="" >The Meaning of Democracy, pp. 1-175</a> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/15882881" data-workid="15882881" data-title="The-Tar-Tunnel-A-One-Thousand-Yard-Tunnel-Under-Blists-Hill" class="" >The Tar Tunnel: A One Thousand Yard Tunnel Under Blists Hill.</a> <span class="date">(1973)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/10505252" data-workid="10505252" data-title="The-East-Shropshire-Coalfields" class="" >The East Shropshire Coalfields</a> <span class="date">(1999)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/8804996" data-workid="8804996" data-title="DR-JOHNSON-AND-HIS-WORLD" class="" >DR. JOHNSON AND HIS WORLD</a> <span class="date">(1965)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/16211959" data-workid="16211959" data-title="I-commit-to-the-flames" class="" >I commit to the flames</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/32629645" data-workid="32629645" data-title="Charles-Dickens-1812-1870" class="" >Charles Dickens: 1812-1870</a> <span class="date">(1992)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1216643" data-workid="1216643" data-title="About-antiques" class="" >About antiques</a> <span class="date">(1973)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/8956356" data-workid="8956356" data-title="Observer-Profiles" class="" >Observer Profiles</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/10451186" data-workid="10451186" data-title="English-Political-Theory" class="" >English Political Theory</a> <span class="date">(1929)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/707105" data-workid="707105" data-title="Smithfield-preservd-or-The-divill-a-vegetarian" class="" >Smithfield preserv'd; or, The divill a vegetarian</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/32954430" data-workid="32954430" data-title="What-is-a-play-Trident-books" class="" >What is a play? (Trident books)</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/30211749" data-workid="30211749" data-title="Ivor-Brown" class="" >Ivor Brown</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/15086253" data-workid="15086253" data-title="Edinburgh-Festival-a-review-of-the-first-ten-years-of-the-Edinburgh-International-Festival-its-aims-and-its-origins-its-achievements-and-its-hopes-for-the-future" class="" >Edinburgh Festival: a review of the first ten years of the Edinburgh International Festival, its aims and its origins,…</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/14214955" data-workid="14214955" data-title="Shakespeare-Der-Mensch-der-Dichter-Seine-Zeit" class="" >Shakespeare, Der Mensch, der Dichter, Seine Zeit</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/13910912" data-workid="13910912" data-title="Essays-of-today-and-yesterday" class="" >Essays of today and yesterday</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/12975909" data-workid="12975909" data-title="Shakespeare-Memorial-Theatre-1951-53-a-Photographic-Record" class="" >Shakespeare Memorial Theatre 1951-53, a Photographic Record</a> <span class="date">(1953)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div></div></div></div><div class="flex_center"><a value="Work Explorer " value="Work Explorer " class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn btn_rollover_primary btn-lozenge extra_top_space_half btn-sm btn-default" type="button" role="button" href="/author/brownivor/workexplorer" ><span class="btntxt">Work Explorer <i class="fa-solid fa-angle-right"></i></span></a></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_alsoby" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_d893" data-caret-id="tdc_u_d893" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_fd86" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("alsoby", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="alsoby" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_d893" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Associated Works</h2><span id="tdh_u_fd86" ><a name="alsoby"></a><div class="worklist"><div id="u_e5d7706b" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/12006328" data-workid="12006328" data-title="Death-of-a-Salesman-%5Bcritical-edition%5D" class="" >Death of a Salesman [critical edition]</a> <span class="date">(1967)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">1,285 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 8 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/317722" data-workid="317722" data-title="A-Book-of-English-Essays" class="" >A Book of English Essays</a> <span class="date">(1942)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">250 copies</span><span 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brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/6470709" data-workid="6470709" data-title="Shakespeare-and-His-World" class="" ><img src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/be/50/be50cb8a8dcd004597745414141426b41414141_v5.jpg" srcset="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/d2/ea/d2ea7476099ba1d597745414141444941414141_v5.jpg 2x, https://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/01/37/013749e2b880e21597745414141417341514141_v5.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/6470709" data-workid="6470709" data-title="Shakespeare-and-His-World" class="" >Shakespeare and His World</a> by <a href="/author/brownivor">Ivor Brown</a></div></div><div class="" >For young people. I skimmed for Children's Books themed discussion Nov. 2020 but don't find it worthy of reading or sharing there.</div class="" ></div><div id="rfd_273622021" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_273622021"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_273622021" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_273622021" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_273622021" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_273622021"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/Cheryl_in_CC_NV" target="_top">Cheryl_in_CC_NV</a> | Oct 18, 2024 | <a href="/review/273622021"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_168139498" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/12790033" data-workid="12790033" data-title="H-G-Wells-Writers-of-the-day" class="" ><img src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/be/50/be50cb8a8dcd004597745414141426b41414141_v5.jpg" srcset="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/d2/ea/d2ea7476099ba1d597745414141444941414141_v5.jpg 2x, https://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/01/37/013749e2b880e21597745414141417341514141_v5.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/12790033" data-workid="12790033" data-title="H-G-Wells-Writers-of-the-day" class="" >H.G. Wells (Writers of the day)</a> by <a href="/author/brownivorjohncarnegi">Ivor John Carnegie Brown</a></div></div><div class="" >More hagiography than biography, but some beautifully written passages.</div class="" ><span id="rate-u_1f9006df" title="3 Stars" aria-title="3 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="6" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="4" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="5" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="8" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i><i data-rating_value="10" class=" fas fa-star empty" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_168139498" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_168139498"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_168139498" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_168139498" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_168139498" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_168139498"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/lisahistory" target="_top">lisahistory</a> | Apr 25, 2019 | <a href="/review/168139498"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_86710980" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/996221" data-workid="996221" data-title="W-Somerset-Maugham" class="" ><img src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/6a/c8/6ac824ac21c88f45978456f5867426b41414141_v5.jpg" srcset="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/6f/79/6f793b0b4cd29375978456f5867444941414141_v5.jpg 2x, https://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/24/8a/248a671c72530f65978456f5867417341514141_v5.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/996221" data-workid="996221" data-title="W-Somerset-Maugham" class="" >W. Somerset Maugham</a> by <a href="/author/brownivorjohncarnegi">Ivor John Carnegie Brown</a></div></div><div class="showmore" id="u_c820dbae" >Ivor Brown (1891 - 1974) was a prominent British drama critic who published a wide range of books on the theatre, poetry, and Shakespeare. Between 1925 and 1935, he had reviewed quite a number of Somerset Maugham's plays for two leading periodicals (acc. to Charles Sanders' <i>W. Somerset Maugham: Annotated Bibliography of Writings</i>). Thus, in 1970, when no reputable biography of Maugham had yet emerged, he was a reasonable choice for a contribution about the author for the International <u class="showmore_hide">Profiles series of books. Now that a number of detailed biographies on Somerset Maugham are available, this work will likely get little attention. It does offer in very concise form a survey of Maugham's life and his literary contributions, along with photographs that have never been reprinted elsewhere in book form. Overall, I find myself ambivalent about the book.<br><br>This work consists of five chapters. Chapter 1, "The Life," is a serviceable but brief (12 page) biography that summarizes the life and accomplishments of the author. While containing no obvious errors, it offers no more (and perhaps less) than one might find at Wikipedia or other online sources. Chapter 2 "The Writer" focuses on the historical context of his fiction. I enjoyed and learned from the brief account of the literary mileu in which Maugham was writing. Of particular note is how many of the writers who were highly regarded during Maugham's career (including Meredith, Galsworthy, Wells, and Kipling) are seldom read today. However, I was surprised at how little attention was given in this book to the content of Maugham's work, and the fact that his travel writing and other non-fiction was ignored. <br><br>Chapter 3, "The Playwright" deals with Maugham's career writing for the theatre. Knowing relatively little about drama, I learned from this chapter as well. I enjoyed Ivor Brown's sardonic comments about how the pretensions of capital- D "Drama" evolved from "plays," a trend resisted by Maugham (who saw the theatre as a form of entertainment, not education). One excellent feature of this chapter is the included photographs of the characters on stage for each of a number of the plays. On some pages, the author juxtaposed photos of a single play or film as shown in different productions over the years. Thus, on one page we can see "Rain" in the 1928 version with Glora Swanson in the leading role, the 1932 version starring Joan Crawford, and the 1953 film with Rita Hayworth. <br><br>Chapters 4 and 5 are respectively entitled "Belief and Opinion" and "The Man". These are the weakest chapters in the book. Mr. Brown engages in too much amateur psychologizing, seeking to explain Somerset Maugham's personality by reference to his early life, and trying to read his fiction as autobiographical. I found his attempts at analysis pretentious and even arrogant (he judges Maugham as wretched and miserable from his appearance in photographs and paintings; he informs us that in Maugham, "emotional disturbance" was a lifelong condition; and so on). What's more, he informs us about Mr. Maugham's sexuality (which in 1970 was not widely known). The final pages of the book are of no value; they contain an extremely brief "Summary of Events" that fails to mention Maugham's literary accomplishments, a haphazard list of his books and plays, and a minuscule bibliography. <br><br>Whether the few positive elements of this small work balance the negative ones will be a matter of opinion. 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