Name/TitleConfessions and Impressions
EditionRevised
MakerMannin, Ethel
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectComplete and unabridged paperback autobiography titled 'Confessions and Impressions' by Ethel Mannin. The contents are:
PART I: MY OWN STORY: SELF-PORTRAIT
I. Genesis: Portrait of my Parents
II. Clapham Common: Portrait of a Child
III. The Farm: Portrait of a Child (continued)
IV. Private School: Picture of a System
V. Board School: Picture of Another System
VI. Sex and Religion: Portrait of an Adolescent
VII. Socialism and Poetry: Portrait of an Adolescent (continued)
VIII. Commercial Course: Another Aspect of Education
IX. Education in Earnest: Portrait of a Revolutionary
X. Difficult Years: Apprenticeship
XI. American Medley: Some Indiscretions and Impressions
XII. All These Things: Some Realizations
XIII. Tragedy: Some Aspects of Futility
PART II: PEOPLE WHO HAVE INTERESTED ME: SOME SKETCHES AND PORTRAITS
I. Mélange: Some Portraits in Miniature: Noel Coward, Sheila Kaye-smith, Rebecca West, G.B. Stern
II. Literary Lions at Play: Some Portraits in Disguise
III. Sir Charles Higham: Portrait of a Publicist
IV. Gilbert Frankau: Portrait of a Best-Seller
V. Douglas Goldring: Portrait of a Man of Letters
VI. Jacob Epstein: Portrait in Bronze
VII. Paul Robeson: Portrait of a Great Artist
VIII. George Lansbury, MP: Portrait of a Socialist
IX. Ellen Wilkinson, MP: Portrait of a Woman with Red Hair
X. Holbrook Jackson: Portrait of an Intellectual
XI. Leon M. Lion; Godfrey Tearle: Study in Oppposites
XII. Dr Norman Haire: Portrait of a Rationalist
XIII. Elsa Lanchester and Charles Laughton: Portrait of a Strange Pair
XIV. Gwen Otter: Portrait of a Bohemian
XV. Louis Marlow and Ann Reid: Portrait of an Odd Pair
XVI. Ralph Straus: Portrait of a Literary Critic
XVII. A.S. Neill: Portrait of an Educationist
XVIII. Dr David Eder: Portrait of a Psycho-Analyst
XIX. Radclyffe Hall: Portrait of the author of The Well of Loneliness
XX. Arnold Bennett: Some Impressions of a Great Man
XXI. Somerset Maugham: Portrait of a Dramatist
XXII. Beverley Nichols: Portrait of a Young Man
XXIII. William Gerhardi: Another Study in Superiority Complex
XXIV. Ben Travers: Portrait of a Low-brow
XXV. Thamar Karsavina: Portrait in Pastel
XXVI. Memories of the Russian Ballet
XXVII. Bertrand Russell: Portrait of a First-Class Mind
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 180 x W: 110 x D: 14 mm
Date Made1937-40
Period20th century
Place MadeEngland, Middlesex
Place NotesPenguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex
PublisherPenguin Books
Publication Date1937
Publication PlaceEngland, Middlesex
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Mannin:
Ethel Edith Mannin (6 October 1900 – 5 December 1984) was a popular British novelist and travel writer, political activist and socialist. She was born in London [continues].
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's history
Subject and Association Keywords(auto) biography
Subject and Association Keywordstravel, travel writing
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's writing & literature
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2025-91-4
Spine LabelETHEL MANNIN ~ CONFESSIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved