New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-24
Mr.. Hecht's ''Cargoyles"
BY Burton Rascoe


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Into this book putting against
with it, and much intimate knowledge
soul fire. attempting show
the actions hypocrises prmpngs and
title who the salt grand
glorious country writing only psychological
psychologists
and find that about
action any
experience species
will act such and such such stimulus and that
male OF the species viii do such and such thing by habit instinct
reanng and they all As result we have whole
literature of psychological novels which bca untrue false to life
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uon simplicity and am ondenng Madame Bvary into
paragraph and THE Idiot There will
lyricism There will in
unpleasant truths which win the masy little halfdead
that be cheerful time age may write
something bana Arnold Bennett
Hecht thirty intended for pubica
Perhaps do him injustice printing hope not
what he said he exubeant;
he oky egoc prepared admit that
think, more talent more intelligence
experience than postwar gen.
uation of American writer's His great self
discipline and restraint He is impatient He
words without looking their meaning frequently
without looking their spelling Mr.
come his aid in this latter Just Mr.
reader failed him German Mr.
Lvghs proofreader has failed "Gargoye" his English
is obvious that Mr. Hech has produs vocabulary
stored by sound accent and meaning and not by png
should bring his literal negligible item
photography which carelessly they
howered MI Hecht with gifts than
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sister Doris who keeps her spiritual integrity
financial security blackmaled
when she seeks od
property acquires falling
but the result faulty technique popular
who arries Fanny poet who loves and fears Doris Bae
daily expressed opinion
average human
American of people.
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his ordd derelicon in easily
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slngv repenanT ne wants TO weep on somebody's shoulder
confess ALL beg forgiveness and devote his life marrying
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him enough babblg guilt
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MOTHER sisters HIMSELF
the close friends Of the family cynical
of gainsaying the artistic
verify psychological verisnitude of exposition
Henrietta Smith is about Aubrey Gchrist popular
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childhood Heneta
able forget their former attachment although he himself
gotten it, and give herself over to Gehrs His vanity prompts him
experiment. enjoying
secret triumph Aubrey The sege difficult than
pae it, he has not
only promised marry Of
false emotion and believes he in love with her He
down the hard work. social responsibility prdefu macency
successful awyerpoltician with senaOhp
Of
the ideas menage them
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thrills comforting Keegan prolonged repentance to Aubrey Gill
christ with romantic the ACQUIRING should
win for husband by Aappers
and sentimental having
dnsed Madame Bovay Mr. Hecht
which he Eliminates
her history consciously history
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abbroung popular which would establish him
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that Mr. Hecht unfods there the
triumphant honored by the people press
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