How we cite our quotes: (Part.Section.Paragraph)
Quote #4
I repacked the suitcases and transferred to my pocket, for rereading in the train, the third version of my review of Arnold's latest novel. As a one-book-a-year man Arnold Baffin, the prolific popular novelist, is never long out of the public eye. I have had differences of opinion with Arnold about his writing. Sometimes in a close friendship, where important matters are concerned, people agree to differ and, in that area, fall silent. So, for a time, it had been with us. Artists are touchy folk. (1.1.5)
Let's recap some of the reasons why Bradley Pearson might be jealous of Arnold Baffin: Arnold publishes regularly, producing a book a year, has published literally dozens of books over the course of his prolific career, and his books have also met with popular success; by contrast, Bradley has only ever published three books (two novels and a little volume of essays), and those books are so little known that even his close friends tend not to think of him as a writer.
Quote #5
I had, however, after a superficial glance at his latest book, found things in it which I liked, and I had agreed to review it for a Sunday paper. I rarely wrote reviews, being in fact rarely asked to. I felt that this tribute would be some amends to Arnold for former criticisms which he had perhaps resented. Then on reading the novel with more care I decided regretfully that I detested it just as much as I detested its numerous confrères, and I found myself writing a review which was in effect a general attack upon Arnold's whole oeuvre. (1.1.5)
Here's a weird point in Bradley Pearson's narrative. Why would he have been asked to review Arnold Baffin's latest novel if he rarely writes reviews and is rarely asked to write them? Bradley himself hasn't published a book in a long time, and in any case, his books have never catapulted him into the public eye. Why this review, and why now? Was he asked to review the book, as his words imply, or does it seem more likely that he himself requested the opportunity to review it?
Quote #6
I felt a sizzling warmth in my coat pocket wherein I had thrust the folded manuscript of my review of Arnold's novel. Arnold Baffin's work was a congeries of amusing anecdotes loosely garbled into 'racy stories' with the help of half-baked unmeditated symbolism. The dark powers of imagination were conspicuous by their absence. Arnold Baffin wrote too much, too fast. Arnold Baffin was really just a talented journalist. (1.3.238)
Can it really be a coincidence that Bradley Pearson feels his review "sizzling" in his coat pocket after Arnold makes a series of critical comments about Bradley's ways of speaking and writing? Even if we believe Bradley's insistent claims that he wasn't jealous of Arnold, there are certainly some strong feelings at work here.