The novel's publication went largely unnoticed, owing to the political events leading up to World War Two. Claire Harman
admires STW
's imaginative integrity in managing to write a detached, politically objective novel during a...
Literary responses
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Reviewers noted that the letters form an account of an essentially peaceful, domestic, literary life in the country, which comes alive through STW
's perceptive, witty, compassionate, and sometimes tart observation.
Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Gale Research.
