Poisoned Chocolates and a Sleuthing Club Review
A review of Anthony Berkley’s Poisoned Chocolates and John G. Branson’s Nighthawks. Roger Sheringham leads an amateur Crime Club solving a murder puzzle with six differing solutions, highlighting clever plotting and the playful misdirection of detectives and criminals.
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Anthony Berkley
Sheringham
Growth of a Poet Renewed by Gertrude Glogan
Review of Robert Graves poetry across four series from 1914 to his later work. Notes Graves’ shift from vivid life to serene unity of life and death, with war deepening insight yet doubts about new love. Describes his evolving style as veering toward literalness and less verve.
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Robert Graves
Graves
The Way of Eden by James Branch Cabell
A reader reviews The Way of Eden by James Branch Cabell, noting its decadent charm and rose and silver world. The critic argues Cabell should have stopped writing earlier and argues the book pleases some fans while leaves others feeling tricked.
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James Branch Cabell
McBride
Elizabeth Benson
Cabell
Mr. Cabell
Capek’s R U R Endures. Review of Money Stories Explored
A reprint of Karl Capek’s play R U R by Theatre Guild proves its enduring appeal eight years after its debut. In contrast the Money stories in Capek’s volume feel uneven with a weak central motivation and roving diction. The two Fathers tale stands out for its sympathetic tone and vivid funeral scene, highlighting Capek’s deeper writing beyond the book’s weaker pieces.
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Karl Capek
Theatre Guild
Capek
Mr. Capek
Rhythmical Simplicity and a Quiet Simple Tale
A review traces a writer’s evolving craft from a classic experimentation with occult themes in Cabala to a gentler, fuller study of life and death in The Oman of Andros, noting a move toward clearer narrative of ve and mortality.
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Cabala
San Luiseo
Oman
Andros
In the Valley Novel Shows Country Life’s Warmth
Freeman’sOWN in the Valley is a Suffolk country life tale that follows Everard Mulliver from town to Lindmer. The story tracks his influence on Ruthie Gathercole and Laura Quainton, and how village life reshapes relationships amid a troubled, unhappy ending.
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H. W., Freeman
Suffolk
Mr. Freeman
Lindmer
Fverard Mulliver
Ruthie Gathercole
Everard
Laura Quainton
Jéverard
Mrs. Quainton
The Three Fannys Review
The critique contrasts two approaches to a Keats study. One author stresses historical authenticity, weaving facts into the pattern, while Monsieur Irlande focuses on events at the expense of conveying Keats’s full humanity.
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Fannys
Monsieur Irlande
Keats
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