either one as of lasting importance.... I live in the country, am very lazy, work unwillingly very hard, and have few intolerances." Personal life Swinnerton lived for more than fifty years in Old Tokefield, Cranleigh, Surrey, a rural spot not far from London. He was twice married; his first marriage, in 1917, to the poet Helen Dircks, ended in divorce. In 1924 he married Mary Dorothy Bennett, with whom he had one daughter. Swinnerton died at Old Tokefield at the age of 98. His obituary notice in The Times began by noting that his death "breaks one of the last links with his great contemporaries, Wells, Galsworthy and Arnold Bennett." Bibliography The Merry Heart, 1909. The Young Idea, 1910. The Casement, 1911. The Happy Family, 1912. George Gissing: a Critical Study, 1912. On the Staircase, 1914. R. L. Stevenson: a Critical Study, 1914. The Chaste Wife, 1916. Nocturne, 1917. Shops and Houses, 1918. September, 1919. Coquette, 1921. The Three Lovers, 1922. Young Felix, 1923. The Elder Sister, 1925. Summer Storm, 1926. Tokefield Papers, 1927. A London Bookman, 1928. A Brood of Ducklings, 1928. Sketch of a Sinner, 1929. Authors and the Book Trade, 1932. The Georgian House, 1932. Elizabeth, 1934. The Georgian Literary Scene, 1935. Swinnerton: an Autobiography, 1937. Harvest Comedy, 1937. The Two Wives, 1939. The Reviewing and Criticism of Books, 1939. The Fortunate Lady, 1941, Thankless Child, 1942. A Woman in Sunshine, 1944. English Maiden, 1946. The Cats and Rosemary, (US) 1948. Faithful Company, 1948. The Doctor’s Wife Comes to Stay, 1949. Arnold Bennett, 1950. A Flower for Catherine, 1950. The Bookman’s London, 1951. Master Jim Probity, 1952. Londoner’s Post, 1952. A Month in Gordon Square, 1953. The Sumner Intrigue, 1955. The Adventures of a Manuscript, 1956. Authors I Never Met, 1956. Background with Chorus, 1956. The Woman from Sicily, 1957. A Tigress in Prothero, 1959. The Grace Divorce, 1960. Death of a Highbrow, 1961. Figures in the Foreground, 1963. Quadrille, 1965. A Galaxy of Fathers, 1966. Sanctuary, 1966. The Bright Lights, 1968. Reflections from a Village, 1969. On the Shady Side, 1970. Nor all thy Tears, 1972. Rosalind Passes, 1973. Some Achieve Greatness, 1976. Arnold Bennett: a last word, 1978. Notes External links 1884 births 1982 deaths English book editors English male novelists 20th-century English novelists 20th-century English male writers English male non-fiction writers People from Wood Green