“The book is worth reading from beginning to end.”
| + + | Nation. 80: 464. Je. 8, ‘05. 1720w. |
“Full of the marked personal touch. A veil of slight melancholy hangs over the whole picture, which in a way adds to its charm.”
| + | Outlook. 80: 137. My. 13, ‘05. 110w. |
Gissing. George. [Veranilda.] [†]$1.50. Dutton.
As the posthumous historical novel of one who was essentially a modern realist, this unfinished work has called forth much comment and speculation upon the author’s change of style. It is a romance of Rome in the sixth century, and deals with the historical persons and events of the time of Justinian and Belisarius. Mr. Frederic Harrison, who writes the introduction, considers it the author’s most important work, showing, “his poetical gift for local color, his subtle insight into spiritual mysticism, and ... his really fine scholarship and classical learning.”
“Throughout the style is stilted, the conversations absurd, the action tiresomely slow, and the story destitute of a single throb of real humanity.”
| — — | Critic. 46: 478. My. ‘05. 180w. |
“Besides being cold and formal, ‘Veranilda’ is a rather incoherent tale.”
| — + | Nation. 80: 441. Je. 1, ‘05. 470w. |