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=The Athenæum.=—‘It is so full of interest, and the characters are so
eccentrically humorous yet true, that one feels inclined to pardon all
its faults, and give oneself up to unreserved enjoyment of it.... The
twins Angelica and Diavolo, young barbarians, utterly devoid of all
respect, conventionality, or decency, are among the most delightful and
amusing children in fiction.’
=The Academy.=—‘The adventures of Diavolo and Angelica—the "heavenly
twins"—are delightfully funny. No more original children were ever put
into a book. Their audacity, unmanageableness, and genius for
mischief—in none of which qualities, as they are here shown, is there
any taint of vice—are refreshing; and it is impossible not to follow,
with very keen interest, the progress of these youngsters.’
=The Daily Telegraph.=—‘Everybody ought to read it, for it is an
inexhaustible source of refreshing and highly stimulating
entertainment.’
=The World.=—‘There is much powerful and some beautiful writing in this
strange book.’
=The Westminster Gazette.=—‘Sarah Grand ... has put enough observation,
humour, and thought into this book to furnish forth half-a-dozen
ordinary novels.’
=Punch.=—‘The Twins themselves are a creation: the epithet “Heavenly”
for these two mischievous little fiends is admirable.’
=The Queen.=—‘There is a touch of real genius in _The Heavenly Twins_.’
=The Guardian.=—‘Exceptionally brilliant in dialogue, and dealing with
modern society life, this book has a purpose—to draw out and emancipate
women.’
=The Lady.=—‘Apart from its more serious interest, the book should take
high rank on its literary merits alone. Its pages are brimful of good
things, and more than one passage, notably the episode of “The Boy and
the Tenor,” is a poem complete in itself, and worthy of separate
publication.’
=The Manchester Examiner.=—‘As surely as _Tess of the d’Urbervilles_
swept all before it last year, so surely has Sarah Grand’s _Heavenly
Twins_ provoked the greatest attention and comment this season. It is a
most daringly original work.... Sarah Grand is a notable Woman’s
Righter, but her book is the one asked for at Mudie’s, suburban, and
seaside libraries, and discussed at every hotel table in the kingdom.
The episode of the “Tenor and the Boy” is of rare beauty, and is
singularly delicate and at the same time un-English in treatment.’
=The New York Critic.=—‘It is written in an epigrammatic style, and,
besides its cleverness, has the great charm of freshness, enthusiasm,
and poetic feeling.’
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 21 BEDFORD STREET, W.C.
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IDEALA
A STUDY FROM LIFE
BY SARAH GRAND
_In One Volume, price 6s._
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