The novel was criticised by some for its exclusively upper-middle-class reach—a view which was energetically countered by Rose Macaulay
on a radio programme.
Jenkins, Elizabeth. The View from Downshire Hill. Michael Johnson, 2004.
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The Times Literary Supplement welcomed with joy a novel where the...
Literary responses
Andrea Levy
Amanda Craig
in the Telegraph defined this novel as above all the female version of emancipation, told in vivid, vigorous language in which comedy, contempt and a fierce poetry are at work.
Craig, Amanda. “The Long Song by Andrea Levy: review”. The Telegraph.
It went on...
Literary responses
Marina Warner
Amanda Craig
, reviewing for the Observer, invoked recent studies in the same field by Sara Maitland
and Philip Pullman
, before pronouncing Warner's book to be a little gem, on account of the...