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Follies of Middle Age
Fadiman, Clifton P. | August 28, 1929 issue

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The article provides information on the book "They Stepped to Folly," by Ellen Glasgow. To the art of Glasgow's narrative, apart from her mental preoccupations, no one can remain insensible. The clarity of her prose and the ease of her wit are, if not unequaled, certainly not excelled in contemporary American writing. Glasgow's ironic insight, always genuine, always pleasing, it is a perfect distillation of the advanced viewpoint of a given age. It is not idiosyncratic; in her wit one does not recognize the lineaments of a personality, but rather the distinctive features of an intelligent society.

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STEPPED to Folly, They (Book); GLASGOW, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945; BOOKS & reading; PROSE literature; LITERATURE & society; PERSONALITY
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