A touching story, yet full of humor, of lifelong love and heroic
sacrifice. While the scene is mostly in and near the London of the
fifties, there are some telling glimpses of Italy, where the author
lives much of the time.
"The book of the last decade; the best thing in fiction since Mr.
Meredith and Mr. Hardy; must take its place as the first great
English novel that has appeared in the twentieth century."--Lewis
Melville in _New York Times Saturday Review_.
"If the reader likes both 'David Copperfield' and 'Peter Ibbetson,'
he can find the two books in this one."--_The Independent._