Bibliograph

CHANGE OF AIR

Type

Label

CHANGE OF AIR

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

CHANGE OF AIR

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Summary

"A Change of Air," while containing much of its humour and snap, furnishes a marked contrast to "The Prisoner of Zenda," and is in a more serious vein, having a strong and tragic undercurrent, and not without an element of peril. Confining its occurrences pretty severely to the possible and generally probable, it nevertheless is highly original. Dale Bannister, the wild young poet, who commences by thoroughly scandalising Market Denborough, is a most picturesque and uncommon character. The effect of his early principles on his later life is deftly indicated. The story moves on steadily, and while it teaches a lesson of moderation and charity, it does so entirely by the acts and thoughts of the characters without any sermonising on the part of the author. Some good authorities that have seen this book place it even above "The Prisoner of Zenda."

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor