The Valley of Decision |
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Author:
| Wharton, Edith |
ISBN: | 978-1-4921-3769-6 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $12.99 |
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The Nation, Vol. 74, 1902: When the New York Mail and Express declared that "The Valley of Decision" revealed its author "ONE OF THE GREAT NOVELISTS OF THE DAY," it simply sounded the advance note of the great chorus of opinion now rising from the press of the United States.
The VALLEY of DECISION Is now recognized as an important event in the development of American literature, an event disclosing the existence of...
More DescriptionAdvertisement from The Nation, Vol. 74, 1902:
When the New York Mail and Express declared that "The Valley of Decision" revealed its author "ONE OF THE GREAT NOVELISTS OF THE DAY," it simply sounded the advance note of the great chorus of opinion now rising from the press of the United States.
The VALLEY of DECISION
Is now recognized as an important event in the development of American literature, an event disclosing the existence of a new Master.
THE PROOF:
Boston Transcript: "Coming in the midst of an epoch overcrowded with works of fiction, 'The Valley of Decision' stands out giant-like above its surroundings. It stands, indeed, almost without a rival in the modern literary world, and there can be little doubt that it places Mrs. Wharton at once side by side with the greatest novelists of the day."
New York Times Saturday Review: (Hamilton W. Mabie, reviewer), "It is individual and original to a high degree.... It is rare and fine and full of distinction. ...A novel of notable charm and ability. ...A study of temperament of a very artistic kind, admirable in its poise."
New York Mail and Express: "Demonstrates once for all that she is a great novelist as well as an exquisite artist... the American artist whom we can place unhesitatingly beside Mrs. Humphry Ward at her fullest and best."
New York Evening Sun: "Those who predicted great things of Mrs. Wharton here find plenty of evidence that they prophesied because they knew.... Even in those respects in which she has not quite hit it off, her failure is a finer thing than other people's successes."
Chicago Evening Post: 'A magnificent achievement.... This writer is unable to conceal his belief that of all the makers of fiction now active in America, Edith Wharton is first and foremost, and that her 'Valley of Decision' is the most distinguished literary performance yet accomplished on this continent."
Kansas City Star: "In seeking comparisons for it, one can name only the masters in fiction. It leaves one eager for Mrs. Wharton's next work.... There is much beauty in the book, precious beauty, of pictures and gems and gardens; of Renaissance palaces; of rain washed hillsides; of springs; of flowers: of mountains; of men and women; of character; of principles."
Baltimore Sun: "It is sure to greatly add to the reputation of its author, who has now proved her title to take place among the foremost novelists now living."
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: "The greatest novel of the year-equal to the best that has come from the pen of Mrs. Humphry Ward."Louisville Courier-Journal: "At a single bound Mrs. Edith Wharton has achieved a most conspicuous place as an American fiction writer. ...To the thoughtful, to the watchful, the hopeful advocate of an American literature, this novel takes on a meaning as the most splendid achievement of any American man or woman in fiction. It is in a class by itself, and he who reads will understand this assertion."