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Gt6w1.Ebook] Belchamber Pdf Free gt6w1 [Download] Belchamber Online [gt6w1.ebook] Belchamber Pdf Free Howard Overing Sturgis *Download PDF | ePub | DOC | audiobook | ebooks Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook #15865645 in Books 2009-04-27Original language:English 8.00 x .95 x 5.75l, #File Name: B002IVU0N6380 pages | File size: 54.Mb Howard Overing Sturgis : Belchamber before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Belchamber: 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. No Saints HereBy James R. AndersonAnti-hero "Sainty" is a spineless booby. He's also, as Henry James said, "a passive nullity," a donkey, a weakling, a nicompoopy and a bore. At best, the novel offers England's ruling classes, c 1900, in all their excess and affrontery.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. WonderfulBy close readerA couple of times while reading this amazingly neglected novel, I wanted to put it down because of the unlikable protagonist. Others have called him self-pitying, but to this reader his attitude seems closer to self-hatred. If he had really taken pity on himself, he might have acted much sooner to improve his lot. However that may be, I stuck it out to the end (and really it wasn't a great effort; the writing makes the reading a pleasure, no matter how unpleasant the subject). Do, by all means, finish the book, and you'll find out, among other things, what can happen when a "wrong" decision turns out to be exactly what makes everyone happiest.As one of the cover blurbs points out, it's a book about moral decisions; I would add that it's a book about moral complexity. And this aspect of the novel makes everything about the protagonist's earlier development important and meaningful after all. Capturing human change is a remarkable achievement for any writer, and if he or she succeeds, the reader will also feel transformed. I believe that, on this score, Belchamber succeeds magnificently. I was quite moved.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. a plodding progression from bad to worse in a manner that is entertainingBy CuriousThe work is meant to be a bit oppressive to the reader, akin to some of the works of Hardy. It is well written, a plodding progression from bad to worse in a manner that is entertaining, if not a bit difficult for my reading to press on. The book may be less light-hearted than many would chose to consider reading. I do believe that, while being hardly up to the ability to create such a work, it might have been perhaps edited a bit more tightly to improve its pacing. To my taste, poor though it might be, the book plods along at times, needlessly slowly. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. "More Jamesian than the Master in hinting at melodrama yet keeping it at arm's length, Sturgis is an absolute modern in stirring up tensions on behalf of one of the quietest heroes in British fiction." --The New Republic“One of the unique novels of the nineteen hundreds…praised by Henry James and Edith Wharton, and...hailed by E. M. Forster” –Los Angeles Times"Belchamber is a curious hybrid, a masochistic Bildungsroman interwoven with a caustic and generally more enjoyable novel of high society." --Alan Hollinghurst, The London of Books“As a story the thing holds the reader pretty hard–perhaps by the force of the truth that is in it. By the way, there’s a sort of old-fashioned touch about some of it, and now and then a suggestion of Thackeray.” –The New York Times"Howard Sturgis was a friend of both Henry James and Edith Wharton. This, his third novel, is an accomplished but unassuming story about moral choices. The protagonist is barely in touch with the ways of the world and for this, he is nicknamed 'Sainty' by his family and friends, most of whom betray him in one way or another. Fortunately or unfortunately, he is also wealthy and titled, which makes him ripe for exploitation. With an intriguing cast of unreliable characters, Belchamber poses questions about good and bad behaviour and demonstrates effectively that virtue is rarely its own reward." -Anita Brookner, The Observer"Not only one of the strongest books I have read in years, but so beautifullywritten. It made an amazing impression on me and haunted me for days." –Emma Eames"Remarkably interesting" –The Critic, March 1906“Belchamber deserves to take its places as a true, if minor, classic, for it is a work of imagination, deeply felt, truly observed, and achieved with a sense of style and architecture.” –Gerard Hopkins"...a strong novel...of upperclass English society, and has a most lovable and sympathetic hero, whose life from childhood up is skillfully portrayed." –The Dial"Belchamber had a fruitful progeny in the fiction of Evelyn Waugh who used it as a model, particularly in Brideshead." –Financial Times"Sturgis (1855-1920) was an expatriate American, a friend of Henry James and Edith Wharton who wrote three novels, of which Belchamber, a portrait of a weak but decent member of the British aristocracy, is recognized as his best." –Globe and Mail“Neither strength nor style is lacking in this quite remarkable study…” –Outlook“Mr. Sturgis’s little world is full of sound and movement: one learns to know how his people look, one would recognize the tone of their voices…He has shown us, in firm, clear strokes, the tragedy of the trivial: has shown us how the susceptibilities of a tender and serious spirit, hampered by physical infirmity, may be crushed and trampled under foot in the mad social race for luxury and amusement.” –The BookmanAbout the AuthorFamous British novelist, translator, poetess and playwright. 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