A strong book, that just misses being a great book. The setting is unique, the colonization period of Van Diemon's Land, and...

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PAGEANT: A Novel of Tasmania

A strong book, that just misses being a great book. The setting is unique, the colonization period of Van Diemon's Land, and a tremendous canvas introduces the conflicting elements which go to make up the early days in the outposts of a far flung empire. Colorful, dramatic, swift-moving, with emphasis more on the background and incident and underlying currents than on individual characterization or fundamental plot. Madam Comyn and her granddaughter, Jenny, hold the center of the stage, but rather as types of a matriarchal system than as human beings. Not up to BROOME STAGES or ROGUE HERRIES, but will catch the interest of the same public. The publishers are pushing this as their big Spring book, and are putting a big advertising campaign on, with a liberal supply of promotion and display material for the bookshops. A Literary Guild Selection.

Pub Date: Feb. 6, 1933

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Century

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1933

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