A New Year's Resolution in 1929
'I resolved not to drink cocktails any more.'
Some of us are making New Year’s resolutions today — or trying to keep the ones we made in a fit of remorse after overdoing it last night. The humorous piece of writing that follows came from the published journal of the English novelist Arnold Bennett. One of the best-selling writers of his day, Bennett got on the wrong side of the Virginia Woolf crowd…
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