The Party Dress by Joseph Hergesheimer review
A midlife crisis tale follows Nina Henry who seeks youth through a Paris dress and romantic escapades. Her schemes ripple through her husband and lovers, ending in disillusion and a return to conventional marriage. The piece decries the vanity of chasing youth and notes the story offers light entertainment to forget soon.
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Joseph Hergesheimer
Nina Henry
Paris
Cuba
Nina
Ictory
Clemenceau
Wilson
America
Germany
Hoover
Lord Milner
Clemenceart
Huxley’s Brief Candies and Maurois Byron Review
A critic contrasts Huxley’s softened stories in Brief Candies with his sharp portraiture of flawed characters. The piece also evaluates Maurois Byron, noting its biography lacks a bold judgment, labeling Byron as sensual and inadequate as a poet.
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Mr. Huxley
Huxley
Maurvis
Byer
Byron
Mauro
Shelles
Maurois
Ariel
Shelley
Maureis
Cimarron by Edna Ferber review with mixed verdict
A literary critique of Cimarron praising Ferbers portrait of Yancey Cravat and early Oklahoma but faulting the later sections for a journalistic tone and best seller lure. The reviewer notes strong opening territory and vivid pioneer scenes yet argues the industrial era shift and debuts details dilute the later chapters.
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Edna Ferber
Oklahoma
Yancey Cravat
Cravat
Osage
Yancey
Sabra
Wichita
Miss Ferber
Chambers of Commerce
Cimarron
Cinarron
Le Fleur du Mal Baudelaire Portrait by Shanks Reviewed
A critical look at Le Fleur du Mal and Baudelaire through Lewis Piaget Shanks. The review praises the portrait as balanced and sympathetic while faulting English translations. It notes the author’s clear style and mentions the influence of Strachey’s tradition.
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Baudelaire
Lewis Piaget Shanks
Little Brown and Co
Poe
Mr. Shanks
Beaudelaire
Lytton Strachey
Pam
Cremenceart
Marshal Foch
Foch
Recouly
Europe
Clemenceau
Chemin Des Dames
Wilson
Critical Synthesis Three Masters by Stefan Zweig Review
Hortense Calish surveys Zweig's Critical Synthesis Three Masters, praising its impressionistic yet exact method. It treats Balzac Dickens and Dostoevsky, noting Balzac’s energy, Dickens’s middle class portraits, and Dostoevsky’s restrained critique, calling the essays a chef d oeuvre of impressionism.
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Balzac
Dickens
Dastysky
Tlis
Ile
Zweig
England
Dostoievsky
Titan Zweig
A Philosophy of Beauty Continued from Page One
The passage praises a philosophy of beauty that blends natural exploration with art, praising its clear organization and smooth style. It notes the work merges non aesthetic and aesthetic worlds into a harmonious whole, while some readers find the prose too pleasant and transparent, distracting from the subject.
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Lady Ponce DE Leon
Joseph Byron
Andre Maurois
Hergesheimer
Alfred Knopf
Ruth Jacobus
Georges Clemen
Olga Maurer
Hideki
Aldous Huxley
Doubleday Doran
Erika Horwitz
Harper's
Helene Berman
Catherine Riegger
Helen Block
F. M. Atkinson
Clemeneau
Daily Nery
Ste. Zweig
The
Viking Press
Hortense Calish
William Rosenthal
Anne Reinhart
Bulletin
Colubia University
Orl Afl
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