PRIVILEGE
PRIVILEGE
PRIVILEGE
PRIVILEGE
BYMICHAEL SADLEIR
BYMICHAEL SADLEIR
BY
MICHAEL SADLEIR
“The story of the decline and fall of Whern is always poignant and never dismal. The romance is of the stuff of the story, seen by an author who knows the world we live in.... The picture, for all of its rich colour and noble gesture, is essentially true. And it is full of that queer fascination exerted by greatness that is passing or has passed.”—Times Literary Supplement.
Hamilton Fyfe in theDAILY MAILsays:
Hamilton Fyfe in theDAILY MAILsays:
Hamilton Fyfe in theDAILY MAILsays:
“About ‘Privilege’ I find it hard to write without exaggeration. It is so truly imagined, this story of the decline of an ancient family; so skilfully presented, and written with so sure a hand, that we must put its author among the most distinguished not only of our younger but of all our novelists.... The entire book is a piece of literature, satisfying from every point of view.”
PUNCHsays:
PUNCHsays:
PUNCHsays:
“I can imagine few books that would give to some modern Rip van Winkle a better understanding of the attitude of aristocratic youth towards the life of to-day.... A novel both individual and touched with a dignity too rare in these days of slovenly fiction.”