Fame and Fiction (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): An Enquiry into Certain Popularities

In Fame and Fiction published in 1901, Bennett analyzes the tastes and whims of the “great public.” He includes chapters on popular authors of his day:  J. M. Barrie, George Gissing, Ivan Turgenev, George Moore, and even some whose popularity was more fleeting.  Underlying all is Bennett’s fervent democratic belief that Fame dies but the Soul lives.