“Sarah Grand’s new work of fiction, ‘The Beth Book,’ will be likely to meet a wider acceptance than her famous book, ‘The Heavenly Twins,’ for the reason that it is a more attractive piece of literary workmanship, and has about it a certain human interest that the other book lacked.... Madame Grand’s wit and humor, her mastery of a direct and forceful style, her quick insight, and the depth of her penetration into human character, were never more apparent than in ‘The Beth Book.’”—Brooklyn Eagle.
“‘The Beth Book’ is important because it is one of the few intelligent and thoughtful studies of life that have appeared this season.... The essence of the whole book is the effort to study and to trace the evolution of character; and because the author has done this to admiration, her book is a success. Moreover, it is written with a masterly command of style, and is so utterly absorbing and so strongly and connectedly logical, that the author’s thought impresses you at every line. You skip nothing. Even a reader whom the deeper qualities of the book failed to hold would follow every incident from sheer pleasure in its vividness, its picturesqueness, and its entertainment.”—Boston Herald.
‘The Beth Book’ is distinctly a notable achievement in fiction.... Written in a style that is picturesque, vigorous, and varied, with abundance of humor, excellence of graphic description, and the ability to project her chief characters with a boldness of relief that is rare.”—Philadelphia Press.
“One of the strongest and most remarkable books of the year.... ‘The Beth Book’ stands by itself. There is nothing with which to compare it.”—Buffalo Express.
“‘The Beth Book’ is a powerful book. It is written with wonderful insight and equally wonderful vividness of portrayal. It is absorbingly interesting.... The heroine awakens our wonder, pity, and admiration. We soon become enthralled by the fascinating study, and follow her physical and spiritual footsteps with breathless eagerness from page to page, from stage to stage of her development and the foreshadowings of her destiny.”—Boston Advertiser.
“In ‘The Beth Book’ the novelist has given us a story at once a marvelously well-evolved study in psychology and at the same time an absorbing review of human life in its outward aspects. ‘The Beth Book’ is a wonder in its departure from conventional methods of fiction, and in an ever-growing charm in its development and sequence.”—San Francisco Call.
“Decidedly a notable addition to the few works which are of such quality to be classed as ‘books of the year.’ There are many reasons for this. First, it is an intelligent and faithful study of human life and character; second, because it has a depth of purpose rare indeed in ordinary fiction; and last, because from start to finish there is a charm which never ceases to hold the reader’s interest. Decidedly, ‘The Beth Book’ is a great book.”—Philadelphia Item.
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