THE MIDDLE WINDOW

by Elizabeth Goudge ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 20, 1939

First of all, this is delightful entertainment, and written with the charm and grace and finish for which Miss Goudge has already won a name. Second, it would seem that the Berkeley Square ghost is haunting the literary scene these days, for here is the third book of the current season which uses a related theme (Tryst and The City Lies Foursquare were the other two and both good ones). I confess to a romantic streak which responds to novels like The Middle Window -- the setting, the Highlands today, with a throwback to the period of Bonnie Prince Charlie; the characters, a London socialite drawn by some unknown lure to a certain place in Scotland, and once there made captive by a sense of having gone through life before in those scenes and with the poverty stricken laird of the manor as the other figure in the drama. The story is worked out convincingly, with no actual reappearance of figures from the past, and a good yarn is spun by a skillful weaver. Elizabeth Goudge has made a secure place for herself, and this should appeal to her market.

Pub Date: March 20, 1939

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Coward, McCann

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1939

Categories: FICTION