The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

government for deporting Goldman and for the infamous Palmer raids. Wells in 1913 after her provocatively damning review of his novel Marriage prompted him to invite her to lunch. to give lectures meet artists and get involved in the political scene.

Time called her "indisputably the world's number one woman writer" in 1947. She was made CBE in 1949 and DBE in 1959 in recognition of her outstanding contributions to British letters.