Lenemaja Friedman
claimed this as the most complete and best of [MS
's] suspense novels.
Friedman, Lenemaja. Mary Stewart. Twayne Publishers, 1990.
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Literary responses
Mary Stewart
Friedman
has called this book a masterpiece of reader manipulation.
Friedman, Lenemaja. Mary Stewart. Twayne Publishers, 1990.
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It won the Crime Writers Association Silver Dagger.
Friedman, Lenemaja. Mary Stewart. Twayne Publishers, 1990.
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Literary responses
Mary Stewart
This novel was described as an adult's fairytale by the New York Times reviewer, Martin Levin
. He called it a perfect trip out of the present and into a dark but cozy age in...
Textual Features
Enid Bagnold
Critics Arthur Calder Mashall
and Lenemaja Friedman
have both noted the probable influence of Voltaire
on this novel.
Calder-Marshall, Arthur, and Enid Bagnold. “Foreword”. The Girl’s Journey, Heinemann, 1954, p. vii - xi.