The Siege of the Seven Suitors by Meredith Nicholson, published in 1910.
Nicholson\'s first true co.
In a word, this is Mr.
The author shows that he has a considerable gift for the creation of eccentric characters, he places less reliance in the drawing powers of a strong plot, and he makes use of to us, at any rate a surprisingly keen sense of humour.
In The House of a Thousand Candles and other works he has told an improbable story in a probable manner; his last book, a serious novel of the business drama type, placed him among the leading American fiction writers; but The Siege of the Seven Suitors differs considerably from its predecessors.
Meredith Nicholson\'s art.
When they are introduced I shall ask: -Shaken, Or taken?signifying in the first instance a loss by way of Nevada, or, in the second, through the pearlier gates of that Paradise which is the hope of us all."The Siege of the Seven Suitors marks a new development of Mr.
I have hit upon a formula which I am tempted to utilize hereafter when I meet husbandless women.
Largely self-taught, Nicholson began a newspaper career in 1884 at the Indianapolis Sentinel."We live in an era of horseless carriages, wireless telegraphy, husbandless wives and wifeless husbands.
Meredith Nicholson (1866 - 1947) was a best-selling author from Indiana, United States, a politician, and a diplomat.
There is a laughable lover-trust, the pursuit of a smoke-ghost by the chimney doctor, and, incidentally, a pretty little love story, but it is elusive, like the whole plot.
She relegates the younger, Hezekiah, to the background until Cecilia is settled, and being superstitious about the number Seven evolves a cheme which is the motif of the story.
It is an impossible story of two sisters who are to be married off by a rich but eccentric maiden aunt.
Above everything, he should not take it seriously; even the author does not seem to do that.
The reader with an active imagination will get the most pleasure out of this comedy of mysteries.
The Siege of the Seven Suitors by Meredith Nicholson, published in 1910
