THE EYE OF LOVE

by Margery Sharp ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 25, 1956

Miss Diver, romantically self-named Dolores, was a lady of ambiguous status; her Harry Gibson was a dream lover, in her eyes. And she made him feel like a king. That nobody else agreed with either verdict mattered not a whit to them. What mattered was that Harry must marry for the sake of his bankrupt business- and Dolores had nothing but the chance winnings he had deposited in her name. Then there was Martha, her orphan niece, a strange and unloving child with an obsession for drawing. Martha lived with Dolores -- and succeeded admirably in isolating herself completely from normal human relations -- even evading the truant officer. Margery Sharp has developed this situation with her customary oblique humor. What she has not succeeded in doing is to give the reader even a modicum of emotional response to any character in the book- save possibly, Mr. Joyce, whose impossible daughter, Mirands, Gibson jilts to go back to his impecunious love. For Mr. Joyce had found a friend in Gibson- someone to give him a sturdy masculine front against his women -- and Mr. Joyce is desolate until he discovers a way to live a double life. Margery Sharp addicts may find this to their taste. I found it a bit on the disappointing side.

Pub Date: Feb. 25, 1956

ISBN: 0753171295

Page Count: -

Publisher: Little, Brown

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1956

Categories: FICTION