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Delphi Complete Works of May Sinclair
21 Complete Works of May Sinclair
A Journal of Impressions in Belgium
Anne Seven And The Fieldings
Audrey Craven
Life and Death of Harriett Frean
Mary Olivier A Life
Mr. Waddington of Wyck
Superseded
The Belfry
The Combined Maze
The Creators
The Divine Fire
The Flaw in the Crystal
The Helpmate
The Immortal Moment
The Judgment of Eve
The Return of the Prodigal
The Romantic
The Three Brontës
The Three Sisters
The Tree of Heaven
The Tysons
A Journal of Impressions in Belgium
Anne Seven And The Fieldings
Audrey Craven
Life and Death of Harriett Frean
Mary Olivier A Life
Mr. Waddington of Wyck
Superseded
The Belfry
The Combined Maze
The Creators
The Divine Fire
The Flaw in the Crystal
The Helpmate
The Immortal Moment
The Judgment of Eve
The Return of the Prodigal
The Romantic
The Three Brontës
The Three Sisters
The Tree of Heaven
The Tysons
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First published February 19, 2015
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May Sinclair
219 books58 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.
May Sinclair was the pseudonym of Mary Amelia St. Clair, a popular British writer who wrote about two dozen novels, short stories and poetry. She was an active suffragist, and member of the Woman Writers' Suffrage League. May Sinclair was also a significant critic, in the area of modernist poetry and prose and she is attributed with first using the term stream of consciousness) in a literary context, when reviewing the first volumes of Dorothy Richardson's novel sequence Pilgrimage (1915–67), in The Egoist, April 1918.
May Sinclair was the pseudonym of Mary Amelia St. Clair, a popular British writer who wrote about two dozen novels, short stories and poetry. She was an active suffragist, and member of the Woman Writers' Suffrage League. May Sinclair was also a significant critic, in the area of modernist poetry and prose and she is attributed with first using the term stream of consciousness) in a literary context, when reviewing the first volumes of Dorothy Richardson's novel sequence Pilgrimage (1915–67), in The Egoist, April 1918.
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October 21, 2022
Note: This is a review of May Sinclair's The Allinghams, which is not listed on Goodreads (it predates isbn numbers) or in the Delphi Collected Works.
The Allinghams (1927) is the 2nd to last novel May Sinclair wrote in her very prolific career. While she is one of my favorite early 20th century novelists (and a very neglected one at that), this work, which has never been reprinted, is a mixed bag. Sinclair was considered a master of the psychological novel, best known for exploring her characters’ motivations and psyches. In The Allinghams she follows a large and wealthy English country family from the 1890’s into the 1910’s. The family’s children are artfully drawn and developed, and we see their logical development as they gain adulthood. But once they become adults, Sinclair seems to lose her critical eye and the book becomes sentimental and clichéd. She seems to set great store in country living and people’s basic goodness to solve complex problems. Just when you think the book has veered off course into insipid “Downtown Abbey” territory, she jolts you in the last 50 pages. Sinclair is always strongest when working against England’s stiff upper lip, and here she delves into unwed motherhood and madness for two of the Allingham children. While this is certainly not one of her best works, it is still very interesting and deserves a reprinting.
The Allinghams (1927) is the 2nd to last novel May Sinclair wrote in her very prolific career. While she is one of my favorite early 20th century novelists (and a very neglected one at that), this work, which has never been reprinted, is a mixed bag. Sinclair was considered a master of the psychological novel, best known for exploring her characters’ motivations and psyches. In The Allinghams she follows a large and wealthy English country family from the 1890’s into the 1910’s. The family’s children are artfully drawn and developed, and we see their logical development as they gain adulthood. But once they become adults, Sinclair seems to lose her critical eye and the book becomes sentimental and clichéd. She seems to set great store in country living and people’s basic goodness to solve complex problems. Just when you think the book has veered off course into insipid “Downtown Abbey” territory, she jolts you in the last 50 pages. Sinclair is always strongest when working against England’s stiff upper lip, and here she delves into unwed motherhood and madness for two of the Allingham children. While this is certainly not one of her best works, it is still very interesting and deserves a reprinting.
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