작가에 관한 진실. The Book of The Truth about an Author, by Arnold Bennett

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작가에 관한 진실. The Book of The Truth about an Author, by Arnold Bennett
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THE TRUTH ABOUT AN AUTHOR
NEW EDITION WITH PREFACE
BY
ARNOLD BENNETT
Author of "How to Live on 24 Hours a Day," "The Old Wives' Tale," etc.
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Copyright, 1911
By George H. Doran Company

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작가에 관한 진실. The Book of The Truth about an Author, by Arnold Bennett

CONTENTS
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI

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작가에 관한 진실. The Book of The Truth about an Author, by Arnold Bennett
작가가 문학및 비평에서의 여러 단락으로 나누어서 전반적인 에세이 형식으로 쓴 책자.
THE TRUTH ABOUT AN AUTHOR
NEW EDITION WITH PREFACE
BY
ARNOLD BENNETT
Author of "How to Live on 24 Hours a Day," "The Old Wives' Tale," etc.
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Copyright, 1911
By George H. Doran Company

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작가에 관한 진실. The Book of The Truth about an Author, by Arnold Bennett
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION
Sometime in the last century I was for several years one of the most regular contributors to "The Academy," under the editorship of Mr. Lewis Hind and the ownership of Mr. Morgan Richards. The work was constant; but the pay was bad, as it too often is where a paper has ideals. I well remember the day when, by dint of amicable menaces, I got the rate raised in my favor from ten to fifteen shillings a column, with a minimum of two guineas an article for exposing the fatuity of popular idols. One evening I met Mr. Lewis Hind at the first performance of some very important play, whose name I forget, in the stalls of some theatre whose name I forget. (However, the theatre has since been demolished.) We began to talk about the "Academy", and as I was an editor myself, I felt justified in offering a little advice to a fellow-creature. "What you want in the 'Academy,'" I said, "is a sensational serial." "Yes, I know," he replied, with that careful laziness of tone which used to mark his more profound utterances, "and I should like you to write your literary autobiography for us!" In this singular manner was the notion of the following book first presented to me. It was not in the least my own notion.
I began to write the opening chapters immediately, for I was fascinated by this opportunity to tell the truth about the literary life, and my impatience would not wait. I had been earning a living by my pen for a number of years, and my experience of the business did not at all correspond with anything that I had ever read in print about the literary life, whether optimistic or pessimistic. I took a malicious and frigid pleasure, as I always do, in setting down facts which are opposed to accepted sentimental falsities; and certainly I did not spare myself. It did not occur to me, even in the midst of my immense conceit, to spare myself. But even had I been tempted to spare myself I should not have done so, because there is no surer way of damping the reader's interest than to spare oneself in a recital which concerns oneself.
The sensational serial ran in "The Academy" for about three months, but I had written it all in the spare hours of a very much shorter period than that. It was issued anonymously, partly from discretion, and partly in the hope that the London world of letters would indulge in conjecture as to its authorship, which in theory was to be kept a dark secret. The London world of letters, however, did nothing of the kind. Everybody who had any interest in such a matter seemed to know at once the name of the author. Mr. Andrew Chatto, whose acquaintance I made just then, assured me that he was certain of the authorship of the first article, on stylistic evidence; and I found him tearing out the pages of the "Academy" and keeping them. I found also a number of other people doing the same. In fact I do not exaggerate in saying that the success of the serial was terrific―among about a hundred people. It happened to me to see quite sane and sober writing persons gurgle with joy over the mere recollection of sundry scenes in my autobiography. But Mr. Andrew Chatto, an expert of immense experience, gave me his opinion, with perhaps even more than his customary blandness, that the public would have no use for my autobiography. I could scarcely adopt his view. It seemed to me impossible that so honest a disclosure, which had caused such unholy joy in some of the most weary hearts that London contains, should pass unheeded by a more general public.

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작가에 관한 진실. The Book of The Truth about an Author, by Arnold Bennett
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THE TRUTH ABOUT AN AUTHOR
NEW EDITION WITH PREFACE
BY
ARNOLD BENNETT
Author of "How to Live on 24 Hours a Day," "The Old Wives' Tale," etc.
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Copyright, 1911
By George H. Doran Company