Galsworthy, John, and Gladys Henrietta Schütze. “Foreword”. Mrs. Fischer’s War, 1930, p. 7.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Reception | Gladys Henrietta Schütze | Galsworthy
's welcoming preface concludes: Human and interesting from page to page; broad, just and tolerant; above all, warm and breathing, it makes you think. Yes, it makes you think. |
| Reception | Freya Stark | Recommended by the Book Society
and the Book Guild
, The Southern Gates of Arabia also received high praise in the Daily Telegraph, among other papers. FS
, rather surprisingly, was compared to Jane Austen |
Timeline
1930
The Book Guild
was funded, on the model of the Book Society
of the previous year, to cater to the needs of the intelligent but not academic (middle-brow) reader.