A chorus of praise greeted this book. The chapter on Jean Rhys
was hailed as a miniature masterpiece.Jules Verdone
in the Boston Globe suggested that that DA
had the knack of presenting as history...
Literary responses
Caroline Blackwood
The same reviewer, Gabriele Annan
in The Listener, credited CB
with power, imagination, wit, and above all precision.
qtd. in
Schoenberger, Nancy. Dangerous Muse, A Life of Caroline Blackwood. Phoenix, 2002.
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The London Magazine noted the book's seamless transition from fiction to reportage.
qtd. in
Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Gale Research, 1981–2024, Numerous volumes.
This novel received mixed reviews. Richard Bernstein
wrote in the New York Times of AD
's intelligence and power, calling her a writer with a remarkable eye for substance. He found in this novel the...
Literary responses
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Critics concurred that the collection deserved celebration, and that STW
was a wise as well as an able writer. Times Literary Supplement reviewer Gabriele Annan
found the book an attack on accepted thinking, and was...
Textual Features
Hilary Mantel
At her selective convent school school Carmel McBain is thrown closely together with Karina (child of East European immigrant parents), because they are the only two children at the school from poor homes beyond its...
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Texts
Annan, Gabriele. “All About Evil”. New York Review of Books, Vol.