MARY WAKEFIELD

by Mazo de la Roche ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 13, 1948

This was reported originally for November publication, but Literary Guild selection postponed it to this date- and will supply a needed crutch to elevate it into the best seller lists...""Chronologically, this follows The Building of Jalna and precedes the original volume, Jalna, though there is still chance to fill in many connecting links. Adeline is elderly -- and a widow; Philip, her youngest son, heir to Jalna, is a widower, with Rennie and Meg, his beloved home and his horses to occupy him. And Ernest, in London, chooses in haste Mary Wakefield, inappropriately lovely and inexperienced, as governess for the children, and sends/her out to Canada. She and Philip are attracted to each other; the household and the neighborhood buzz; but it is not until the family returns from England that the storm in all its fury breaks. Old Adeline tries to put a spoke in the wheel, and almost succeeds. But, just in time, Philip does a Lochinvar and Mary yields and the novel ends with wedding bells...A contrived tale, which can scarcely resuscitate the flagging interest in the fortunes of the Jalna clan. But there are enough uncritical devotees to supply considerable impetus to sales and rentals.

Pub Date: Jan. 13, 1948

ISBN: 1550028774

Page Count: -

Publisher: (Atlantic Monthly Press) Little, Brown

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 1948

Categories: FICTION