Deborah Moggach on Arnold Bennett
Writer Deborah Moggach nominates the Potteries author Arnold Bennett. With Matthew Parris and Gyles Brandreth. From 2014.
Novelist and screenwriter, Deborah Moggach, nominates the Potteries writer Arnold Bennett, whose work she thinks has been wrongly overlooked, as he was considered as being too popular.
Moggach believes that because he was a working writer who earned his living writing both serious and light fiction, he was not taken seriously until after his death in 1931, despite his books being hugely popular during his lifetime. Bennett wrote many novels including βAnna of the Five Townsβ and βThe Old Wives Taleβ.
As a journalist, Bennett also wrote self-help and lifestyle articles for magazines including 'How to Bathe a Baby Part One' and 'Do Rich Women Quarrel More Frequently Than Poor?'
Gyles Brandreth has been a lifelong Bennett fan and believes him to be one of the greatest writers of the 20th century who deserves to be rediscovered.
Presenter: Matthew Parris.
Producer: Maggie Ayre.
First broadcast on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in 2014.
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Matthew Parris |
| Interviewed Guest | Deborah Moggach |
| Interviewed Guest | Gyles Brandreth |
| Producer | Maggie Ayre |
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Tue 29 Apr 2014 16:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4- Fri 2 May 2014 23:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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