Ringer’s perspective on Lean Fall Stand is full of unique insights and emotional power. Some of the best reviews are the product of a critic who brings personal experience into their analysis of the book at hand. Meg Ringer on Jon McGregor’s Lean Fall Stand ( Chicago Review of Books ) In this way, Wharton’s Ghosts can be read and interpreted in concert with many of her better-known works, including novels like The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence, which tell stories of everyday human malice.” But for each of these paranormal threats there is an equally normal, equally mundane, and equally human villain attached to the story. “Here are ‘fetches’ (ominous doppelgangers) of Celtic superstition, zombie mistresses rising from the grave, and ghost dogs, even. Sheila Liming on Edith Wharton’s Ghosts ( Cleveland Review of Books )Įvery editor’s dream assignment is a critic with deep subject matter expertise, and you can’t beat Liming-author of What A Library Means to A Woman: Edith Wharton and the Will to Collect Books-writing about Wharton’s ghost stories.
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