Chapter 3

THE NOVELS OF E. M. DELAFIELDZELLA SEES HERSELFTHE WAR WORKERSTHE PELICANSJoseph Hergesheimerwrites:“The solid accomplishment of Miss Delafield’s three novels establishes her as a figure of actual literary importance. Writing, from her first published sentence to the ending phrase ofThe Pelicans, with a delicate mastery and finish, she expresses her witty and forceful personality with the utmost clearness.Zella Sees Herself,The War Workers, andThe Pelicansoffer to honest and intelligent people an enjoyment of what are recognized as really high traits of creative literature together with a pervading amusement and lively interest sustained from paragraph to paragraph and from novel to novel. Miss Delafield is a valuable addition to the number of writers, always small, whose books ornament equally the drawing-room table and the preference of undisturbed private hours.”At all bookshopsALFRED A. KNOPF, Publisher, NEW YORK

THE NOVELS OF E. M. DELAFIELDZELLA SEES HERSELFTHE WAR WORKERSTHE PELICANSJoseph Hergesheimerwrites:“The solid accomplishment of Miss Delafield’s three novels establishes her as a figure of actual literary importance. Writing, from her first published sentence to the ending phrase ofThe Pelicans, with a delicate mastery and finish, she expresses her witty and forceful personality with the utmost clearness.Zella Sees Herself,The War Workers, andThe Pelicansoffer to honest and intelligent people an enjoyment of what are recognized as really high traits of creative literature together with a pervading amusement and lively interest sustained from paragraph to paragraph and from novel to novel. Miss Delafield is a valuable addition to the number of writers, always small, whose books ornament equally the drawing-room table and the preference of undisturbed private hours.”At all bookshopsALFRED A. KNOPF, Publisher, NEW YORK

THE NOVELS OF E. M. DELAFIELDZELLA SEES HERSELFTHE WAR WORKERSTHE PELICANSJoseph Hergesheimerwrites:“The solid accomplishment of Miss Delafield’s three novels establishes her as a figure of actual literary importance. Writing, from her first published sentence to the ending phrase ofThe Pelicans, with a delicate mastery and finish, she expresses her witty and forceful personality with the utmost clearness.Zella Sees Herself,The War Workers, andThe Pelicansoffer to honest and intelligent people an enjoyment of what are recognized as really high traits of creative literature together with a pervading amusement and lively interest sustained from paragraph to paragraph and from novel to novel. Miss Delafield is a valuable addition to the number of writers, always small, whose books ornament equally the drawing-room table and the preference of undisturbed private hours.”At all bookshopsALFRED A. KNOPF, Publisher, NEW YORK

THE NOVELS OF E. M. DELAFIELDZELLA SEES HERSELFTHE WAR WORKERSTHE PELICANSJoseph Hergesheimerwrites:“The solid accomplishment of Miss Delafield’s three novels establishes her as a figure of actual literary importance. Writing, from her first published sentence to the ending phrase ofThe Pelicans, with a delicate mastery and finish, she expresses her witty and forceful personality with the utmost clearness.Zella Sees Herself,The War Workers, andThe Pelicansoffer to honest and intelligent people an enjoyment of what are recognized as really high traits of creative literature together with a pervading amusement and lively interest sustained from paragraph to paragraph and from novel to novel. Miss Delafield is a valuable addition to the number of writers, always small, whose books ornament equally the drawing-room table and the preference of undisturbed private hours.”At all bookshopsALFRED A. KNOPF, Publisher, NEW YORK

THE NOVELS OF E. M. DELAFIELDZELLA SEES HERSELFTHE WAR WORKERSTHE PELICANSJoseph Hergesheimerwrites:“The solid accomplishment of Miss Delafield’s three novels establishes her as a figure of actual literary importance. Writing, from her first published sentence to the ending phrase ofThe Pelicans, with a delicate mastery and finish, she expresses her witty and forceful personality with the utmost clearness.Zella Sees Herself,The War Workers, andThe Pelicansoffer to honest and intelligent people an enjoyment of what are recognized as really high traits of creative literature together with a pervading amusement and lively interest sustained from paragraph to paragraph and from novel to novel. Miss Delafield is a valuable addition to the number of writers, always small, whose books ornament equally the drawing-room table and the preference of undisturbed private hours.”At all bookshopsALFRED A. KNOPF, Publisher, NEW YORK

THE NOVELS OF E. M. DELAFIELD

ZELLA SEES HERSELFTHE WAR WORKERSTHE PELICANS

ZELLA SEES HERSELFTHE WAR WORKERSTHE PELICANS

ZELLA SEES HERSELFTHE WAR WORKERSTHE PELICANS

Joseph Hergesheimerwrites:

“The solid accomplishment of Miss Delafield’s three novels establishes her as a figure of actual literary importance. Writing, from her first published sentence to the ending phrase ofThe Pelicans, with a delicate mastery and finish, she expresses her witty and forceful personality with the utmost clearness.

Zella Sees Herself,The War Workers, andThe Pelicansoffer to honest and intelligent people an enjoyment of what are recognized as really high traits of creative literature together with a pervading amusement and lively interest sustained from paragraph to paragraph and from novel to novel. Miss Delafield is a valuable addition to the number of writers, always small, whose books ornament equally the drawing-room table and the preference of undisturbed private hours.”

At all bookshops

ALFRED A. KNOPF, Publisher, NEW YORK


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