Sinister Street, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

The Passionate Elopement Bjf COMPTON MACKENZIE TIMES: We are grateful to him for wringing our hearts with the tears and laughter of spent joys. SPECTATOR :A san essay in literary bra-vura the book is quite remarkable. COUNTRT LIFE :I nthe kindliness, the humour and the gentleness of the treatment, it comes as near to Thackeray, as any man has come since Thackeray. DAILY CHRONICLE: Thanks for a rare entertainment i A nd, if the writing of your story pleased you as much as the reading of it has pleased us, congratulations too. GLOBE :A little tenderness, a fragrant aroma of melancholy laid away in lavender, a hint of cynicism, an airy philosophy and so a wholly piquant, subtly aromatic dish, a rosy apple stuck with cloves. GLASGOW NEWS ;F resh and faded, mocking yet passionate, compact of tinsel and gold is this little tragedy of a winter season in view of the pump room. .. .T hrough it all, the old tale has a dainty, fluttering, unusual, and very real beauty. ENGLISH REVIE fV: All his characters are real and warm with life. The Passionate Elopement should be read slowly, and followed from the smiles and extravagance of the opening chapters through many sounding and poetical passages, to the thrilling end of the Love Chase. The quiet irony of the close leaves one smiling, but with the wiser smile of Horace Ripple who meditates on the colours of life. WESTMINSTER GAZETTE: Mr. Mackenzie sbook is a novel of genre, and with infinite care and obvious love of detail has he set himself to paint a literary picture in the manner of Hogarth. He is no imitator, he owes no thanks to any predecessor in the fashioning of his book. .. .M r. Mackenzie recreates (the atmosphere) so admirably that it is no exaggeration to say that, thanks to his brilliant scene-painting, we shall gain an even more vivid appreciation of the work of his great forerunners. Lightly and vividly does
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