“A brilliantly vivid story abounding in dramatic incident.”
+ Critic. 48: 476. My. ’06. 80w.
Orczy, Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara, baroness. Son of the people: a romance of the Hungarian plains. †$1.50. Putnam.
The old story of the rich and handsome peasant who wins the hand of an impoverished nobleman’s daughter against her will and later, by proving his nobility of soul, turns her scorn to love, is given a charming Hungarian setting in this romance of the plains. The peasant life and character are strongly contrasted with the traditional pride of the nobility; the lines of caste are well portrayed, the priest, the Jew, the aristocrat, and the son of the soil, the thrift of the peasant, the prodigality of the lord are all interwoven with the love story.
“It is sentimental and of a conventional type, but the setting is new, and so it takes on a novel air.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 1: 227. F. 24. 260w.
“It is a strong and attractive piece of work, vivid in description and characterization, dramatic in action.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ Dial. 41: 241. O. 16, ’06. 230w.
“The story is well told, and as interesting as any other thrice told tale.”