... half of the book a general decline in quality ; the novel is sexless, or an embodiment of pure sexual energy; Heathcliff is the villain, or Nelly Dean is; and if the concluding romance between Hareton and young Cathy is not the successful reconciliation of a mighty polarity, then it is a degener­...

... is not, however, an easy subject to deal with. For although Tennyson s is a fascinating story, it is full of puzzles. His chronicler is faced with the problem of relating how a Lincolnshire Heathcliff lonely, moody, swarthy, unwashed grew up to become not only the official poetic voice of England but also...

... at this unusual but certainly plausible possibility. Imagine DeMille offering us such a vignette. Where the primitive nature of the dining in Wuthering Heights is emphasized when Heathcliff returns as lord of the manor, in Barry Lyndon we are given to understand that primitive manners of dining prevailed...

... and to their neighbors. Let future biographers focus on the power of Heathcliff and the pride of Jane Eyre. Books 323 From a fate similar to that of the Brontes, J. Middleton Murry has partially rescued Katherine Mansfield, by reprinting her book-review es­ says on her contemporaries. The most valuable emanation from...