The reviews in England were positive. Seán O'Faoláin
wrote in the BBC
journal the Listener that The Equations of Love exemplified how English ought to be written, and called EWone of the most charming...
Family and Intimate relationships
Ethel Wilson
An older half-sister of EW
's father, Hannah Waller Atkinson
, was equally accomplished, having lived for a time in St Petersburg with the pianist at the Imperial Palace. She would eventually translate Pushkin