A FINE NOVEL.
"At Last the Island.” Deep within most people, the wise men say, there Is an “ island complex" —an age-old prompting to vest some sea-girt land with enchanted powers- It has been the Immemorial Inspiration of poets, but the treatment of this theme by Margaret Lane Is a novelty Indeed. !once upon that Mediterranean Isle, says Russell Murray in this novel, and leisure, freedom will be mine 1 So much does this selfish man of taste count upon it that even those around him, the cook he had married to prevent her leaving, the children of his first marriage and hers, and a lonely girl (prey to restlessness and love) all fall a little beneath Its sway. There are predicaments which place that Island always a little further away. And when they come to the Island there Is Indeed this much enchantment at work, namely, that each character at last comes to recognise his or her true self—which naturally leads to drama; and In the case of the girl, to true happiness. “At Last the Island." By Margaret Lane, (Helnemann).
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20272, 14 August 1937, Page 20 (Supplement)
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182A FINE NOVEL. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20272, 14 August 1937, Page 20 (Supplement)
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