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National Velvet Study Guide

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by Enid Bagnold
About 7 pages (2,026 words)
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Bagnold, Enid. Enid Bagnold's Autobiography. New York: Morrow, 1969.

Touches lightly on her writings but concentrates on the escapades of her long life; exciting and educational for the reader of any age.

Butcher, Fanny. "Review." Chicago Daily Tribune (April 27, 1935). Calls National Velvet a "delightful whimsy" which, had it been a short story, "would have been one of the best short stories in the language."

Chamberlain, John. "Review." Current History (June 1935). A brief appreciatory note describing National Velvet as "magnificent entertainment."

Colby, Harriet. "Review." Books (April 28, 1935). A lengthy review praising Notional Velvet for its maturity, honesty, language, style, and humor: "Sudden and lovely, it breathes and lives in the unexpected."

Gannett, Lewis. "Review." New York Herald Tribune.....

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National Velvet from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.

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