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The Judge [Hardcover]

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  • Hardcover: 415 pages
  • Publisher: Hutchinson & Co Ltd; 16th thousand edition (1930)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B000JCHIC2
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,755,135 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sins of the Father, February 25, 2011
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Rebecca West's novel The Judge (1922) shows her progress as a writer of fiction four years after the publication of her first novel, The Return of the Soldier (see my review on Amazon). Intricate character development and engaging descriptions of the Scot and British environments are presented in both novels. The psychological tension and interweaving of the landscapes guiding the story are more evident in West's second novel producing a work that is more coherent and interesting.

The Judge, a much longer novel, is evenly paced though the story is limited in action and scope. The tale of a poor young girl's fascination with the beauty of life and her domination by an older more experienced and economically set man is simple and direct. The entanglements of Richard's past begin to restrict Ellen's emotional and physical freedom. The Yaverland family history entangles the intelligent young girl and forces her to endure the seamier borders of her fate. The story becomes complex as West tightens the psychological noose on Ellen. West uses retrospective descriptions of Richard's mother Marion and her persecution by people in a small ingrown British sea town to structure the characters' future and push them toward an inevitable outcome.

If you like a tightly structured story, psychologically intimate character portraits, and poetically detailed descriptions of settings, you will enjoy reading The Judge. While reading you can consider the power of people, related by family or sharing a community, to judge each other and administer sentences for the perception of sins committed against them.
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IT was not because life was not good enough that Ellen Melville was crying as she sat by the window. Read the first page
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Mactavish James, Miss Melville, Princes Street, Kerith Island, Yaverland's End, Hume Park Square, Torque Hall, Ellen Melville, Aunt Alphonsine, Hallelujah Army, Roothing High Street, Rachael Wing, Mark Lyle, South America, Susan Rodney, Captain Sampson, Isabella Kingan, Ned Turk, Pentland Hills, Rio de Janeiro, Castle Rock, George Postgate, John Square, Lady Teresa, Mariquita de Rojas
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