Such Pleasure

Such Pleasure (1949) is a novel by the Australian writer Martin Boyd.[1]

Such Pleasure
AuthorMartin Boyd
LanguageEnglish
PublisherCresset Press, London
Publication date
1949
Media typePrint hardback & paperback
Pages367 pp
Preceded byLucinda Brayford 
Followed byThe Cardboard Crown 

Plot summary

The novel follows the life of Bridget Malwyn, the illegitimate daughter of an Irish peer and an English governess. Malwyn transforms over the course of the novel from being young and romantic through to an old disillusioned, objectionable old woman who lives in the past.

Reviews

Gladys Hain in The Argus admired the choices made by the author. "Had Martin Boyd been so minded, he might have made of this story a bitter satire, attacking capitalistic society as one which gives to money the power to mould character irretrievably. He has chosen rather to make of his book a wandering, almost meandering sketch of a woman who never recovered from the taste of splendour she got when she lived with her devoted and slightly idiotic parent, an Irish peer, in his castle on the shores of a beautiful lake...Also, had Mr Boyd chosen to dig a little deeper and lay bare the emotions behind the clash between Bridget and her children, he would have written a very powerful novel. Instead, he has chosen, and perhaps wisely, to make his book a comedy of manners, and, as such, it is a highly enjoyable story."[2]

gollark: hmm, what if jackgyver is SIMULTANEOUSLY an alt?
gollark: No, only me.
gollark: I have *tons* of old alts!
gollark: I made you do that to cast doubt on the idea of me being the astornomer, of course.
gollark: I am him. I'm also you.

See also

References
  1. Austlit - Such Pleasure by Martin Boyd
  2. Gladys Hainn, "Australian writes a comedy of manners", The Argus, 5 November 1949, p16


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