Deadlock
The story presents the further phase of Miriam Henderson's life. It is an unfolding of her state of mind and emotions from the time she meets the Russian Jew, Michael Shatov, to give him lessons in English, until she engages herself to marry him and is caught in the deadlock of their religious differences. With Miriam's psychological reactions towards life are interwoven, as cause and effect, her many discussions with Shatov on philosophy, literature, race and nationality, feminism and Zionism.

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"Miss Richardson records like a clock rather than like a consciousness, treating the dull and the exciting moments of life with equal emphasis. We feel that we are being sacrificed as readers to her sense of fairness. It is certainly not the fault of the material that "Deadlock' is, sadly we say it, dull." -- "The Nation"

"In some people Miss Dorothy Richardson's curious style of writing, or rather the curious mental habit, which necessitates that style, produces a feeling of irritation. But no one could read even one of her books -- each one a chunk from the experiences and thoughts of Miriam Henderson -- and disregard her. For the thing which Miss Richardson creates in each of the books is as actual as the paper, inks, and boards by whose medium it is conveyed to the reader. Probably to the majority of readers -- the perusal of the book amounts to a sort of vicarious living." -- "The Spectator"

"There are episodes and passages of richer beauty than in any of the previous books in the series." -- "The Times" [London]
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Deadlock
The story presents the further phase of Miriam Henderson's life. It is an unfolding of her state of mind and emotions from the time she meets the Russian Jew, Michael Shatov, to give him lessons in English, until she engages herself to marry him and is caught in the deadlock of their religious differences. With Miriam's psychological reactions towards life are interwoven, as cause and effect, her many discussions with Shatov on philosophy, literature, race and nationality, feminism and Zionism.

* * * * *

"Miss Richardson records like a clock rather than like a consciousness, treating the dull and the exciting moments of life with equal emphasis. We feel that we are being sacrificed as readers to her sense of fairness. It is certainly not the fault of the material that "Deadlock' is, sadly we say it, dull." -- "The Nation"

"In some people Miss Dorothy Richardson's curious style of writing, or rather the curious mental habit, which necessitates that style, produces a feeling of irritation. But no one could read even one of her books -- each one a chunk from the experiences and thoughts of Miriam Henderson -- and disregard her. For the thing which Miss Richardson creates in each of the books is as actual as the paper, inks, and boards by whose medium it is conveyed to the reader. Probably to the majority of readers -- the perusal of the book amounts to a sort of vicarious living." -- "The Spectator"

"There are episodes and passages of richer beauty than in any of the previous books in the series." -- "The Times" [London]
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Deadlock

Deadlock

by Dorothy Richardson
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by Dorothy Richardson

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The story presents the further phase of Miriam Henderson's life. It is an unfolding of her state of mind and emotions from the time she meets the Russian Jew, Michael Shatov, to give him lessons in English, until she engages herself to marry him and is caught in the deadlock of their religious differences. With Miriam's psychological reactions towards life are interwoven, as cause and effect, her many discussions with Shatov on philosophy, literature, race and nationality, feminism and Zionism.

* * * * *

"Miss Richardson records like a clock rather than like a consciousness, treating the dull and the exciting moments of life with equal emphasis. We feel that we are being sacrificed as readers to her sense of fairness. It is certainly not the fault of the material that "Deadlock' is, sadly we say it, dull." -- "The Nation"

"In some people Miss Dorothy Richardson's curious style of writing, or rather the curious mental habit, which necessitates that style, produces a feeling of irritation. But no one could read even one of her books -- each one a chunk from the experiences and thoughts of Miriam Henderson -- and disregard her. For the thing which Miss Richardson creates in each of the books is as actual as the paper, inks, and boards by whose medium it is conveyed to the reader. Probably to the majority of readers -- the perusal of the book amounts to a sort of vicarious living." -- "The Spectator"

"There are episodes and passages of richer beauty than in any of the previous books in the series." -- "The Times" [London]

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781663509154
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date: 05/29/2020
Series: Pilgrimage , #6
Pages: 308
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Dorothy M. Richardson (17 May 1873 – 17 June 1957) was a British author and journalist. Author of "Pilgrimage," a sequence of 13 semi-autobiographical novels published between 1915 and 1967—though Richardson saw them as chapters of one work—she was one of the earliest modernist novelists to use stream of consciousness as a narrative technique. Richardson also emphasizes in Pilgrimage the importance and distinct nature of female experiences. The title Pilgrimage alludes not only to "the journey of the artist ... to self-realization but, more practically, to the discovery of a unique creative form and expression."
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