Sorrell and Son

I think it was Coleridge who said that in order to enjoy a work you have to be willing to overlook the artist's flaws. Deeping has two egregious flaws that take some effort to disregard. The first is that he's a crank. We're never in any doubt which characters we're meant to admire, because they won......more

Edwardian England meets (and struggles with) the mores of the 1920s - eventually made explicit when the elder Sorrell is described as hankering after the London of hansom cabs, while his son Kit is quite at home with the bustle of the modern metropolis. There are flappers and unemployed soldiers and......more

A bit of a snorefest of a book, but its quaintness and little charms make it a compelling read that you want to see to the end... just barely. The last 100 pages were sort of torturous, just wanting the book to end. Its the first 200 pages, rather, that save the book and create the foundation that w......more

Well...as I said so many times, there are books which need to be read at a certain age. I am glad I did it at the right time, like 2 centuries ago, when a teenager. I remember I read it during one night and I absolutely loved it. 2 centuries later, nowadays, I re-read it, because I couldnt remember a......more

Discovered this author by accident when I bought an old book of his in a junk store. I’m so glad I did. There is depth, plot, rich characterization, culmination, to the very end, and “life lessons”; like a Dickens novel. Entertaining and absorbing... though it did bog down in some places, too heavy......more