W. L. George
discerned in this novel the profound hopelessness of youth, and called its realism remarkable.
George, Walter Lionel. A Novelist on Novels. W. Collins Sons.
104
R. Brimley Johnson
implied that its conclusions (about the ordinariness and stupidity of heroines) were...
Literary responses
Amber Reeves
W. L. George
felt that this novel developed AR
's highest quality, the understanding of the ordinary man [sic].
George, Walter Lionel. A Novelist on Novels. W. Collins Sons.
105
R. Brimley Johnson
felt it would have been better if it had avoided tragedy and...
Textual Features
Amber Reeves
This novel centres on its protagonist, who finds herself at odds with her prosaic and conventional family and who sets out frankly in search of emotional experience.
Johnson, R. Brimley. Some Contemporary Novelists (Women). Books for Libraries Press.
109
She seeks unsuccessfully and to some degree...
Literary responses
Amber Reeves
R. Brimley Johnson
found a certain queer simple sincerity in Helen, reflected in the fact that through various sexual adventures she was always faithful to her first love, with whom her quite normal wooing and...
Literary responses
Amber Reeves
After the appearance of her first three novels, two critics gave AR
a significant place in accounts of the current state of fiction. R. Brimley Johnson
characterised her as a sex-explorer, free from either...