Country life -- England -- Fiction; Short stories, English; Working class -- England -- Fiction
=The Morning Post.=—‘Sarah Grand’s _Ideala_.... A clever book in itself,
is especially interesting when read in the light of her later works.
Standing alone, it is remarkable as the outcome of an earnest mind
seeking in good faith the solution of a difficult and ever present
problem.... _Ideala_ is original and somewhat daring.... The story is in
many ways delightful and thought-suggesting.’
=The Literary World.=—‘When Sarah Grand came before the public in 1888
with _Ideala_, she consciously and firmly laid her finger on one of the
keynotes of the age.... We welcome an edition that will place this
minute and careful study of an interesting question within reach of a
wider circle of readers.’
=The Liverpool Mercury.=—‘The book is a wonderful one—an evangel for the
fair sex, and at once an inspiration and a comforting companion, to
which thoughtful womanhood will recur again and again.’
=The Glasgow Herald.=—‘_Ideala_ has attained the honour of a fifth
edition.... The stir created by _The Heavenly Twins_, the more recent
work by the same authoress, Madame Sarah Grand, would justify this step.
_Ideala_ can, however, stand on its own merits.’
=The Yorkshire Post.=—‘As a psychological study the book cannot fail to
be of interest to many readers.’
=The Birmingham Gazette.=—‘Madame Sarah Grand thoroughly deserves her
success. Ideala, the heroine, is a splendid conception, and her opinions
are noble.... The book is not one to be forgotten.’
=The Woman’s Herald.=—‘One naturally wishes to know something of the
woman for whose sake Lord Downe remained a bachelor. It must be
confessed that at first _Ideala_ is a little disappointing. She is
strikingly original.... As the story advances one forgets these
peculiarities, and can find little but sympathy and admiration for the
many noble qualities of a very complex character.’
=The Englishman.=—‘Madame Sarah Grand’s work is far from being a common
work. Ideala is a clever young woman of great capabilities and noble
purposes.... The originality of the book does not lie in the plot, but
in the authoress’s power to see and to describe the finer shades of a
character which is erratic and impetuous, but above all things truly
womanly.’
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN 21 BEDFORD STREET, W.C.
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OUR MANIFOLD NATURE
BY SARAH GRAND
_In One Volume, price 6s._
=The Daily Telegraph.=—‘Six stories by the gifted writer who still
chooses to be known to the public at large by the pseudonym of “=Sarah
Grand=.” In regard to them it is sufficient to say that they display all
the qualities, stylistic, humorous, and pathetic, that have placed the
author of _Ideala_ and _The Heavenly Twins_ in the very front rank of
contemporary novelists.’
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