The range of novels which appeared in the early years of the fiction series A Tot Vent (Editorial Proa) constitutes a remarkable achievement. To the reader of today, Nocturne (1917) by Frank Swinnerton (1884-1982) is perhaps one of the less known titles. Here the reception of this novel (before it came out in Catalan translation, in 1932) is analyzed, through the influence upon a Catalan work: Fanny (1929), by Carles Soldevila. After looking at the commercial success of Nocturne, the critical reception is discussed in terms of what kind of psychological novel it represented, being halfway through the more traditional Edwardian novel and the radical experiments of Joyce. Swinnerton's aesthetic position towards the novel, which was common amongst a section of British critics, appealed to the literary taste of Soldevila and other Catalan contemporaries. The influence of French views about Swinnerton is also considered.