Forrest Reid (1875-1947), the Ulster novelist, spent his life in Belfast, in the north of Ireland, save for a period as an undergraduate at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he received a B.A. in 1908. He numbered among his many friends and acquaintances George William Russell (A. E.), E. M. Forster, Edmund Gosse, C. S. Lewis, and Walter de le Mare, as well as various Uranians such as Theo Bartholomew, Osbert Burdett, and Mark Andre Raffalovich.
Despite his sixteen novels, his two autobiographies, and a range of other works, despite being a founding member of the Irish Academy of...
Forrest Reid (1875-1947), the Ulster novelist, spent his life in Belfast, in the north of Ireland, save for a period as an undergraduate at Christ'...
'A masterpiece.' - E. M. Forster ' A] strange, sinister, and unforgettable story.' - "Manchester Guardian" 'Forrest Reid has . . . beautiful, rhythmical prose, a true and permanent voice.' - John McGahern 'None of our contemporaries can describe childhood and youth as truly as he does.' - V. S. Pritchett When "Following Darkness" first appeared in 1912, critics did not know what to make of it. Sentimental novels of childhood and adolescence were popular in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, but here was something completely new in English fiction, a book that explored a...
'A masterpiece.' - E. M. Forster ' A] strange, sinister, and unforgettable story.' - "Manchester Guardian" 'Forrest Reid has . . . beautiful...
" A] very unusual story ...] an interest develops strongly, it increases, and we move on to a climax that is full of excitement. Nothing save the book itself can indicate its peculiar atmosphere and its real merit." - Daily Telegraph "A very exquisite book, written with rare charm and great art." - Manchester Guardian "A book of distinction and charm." - New York Times "There are few contemporary stories of childhood reaching the artistic height of The Spring Song." - Springfield Republican Thirteen-year-old Grif Weston and his siblings,...
" A] very unusual story ...] an interest develops strongly, it increases, and we move on to a climax that is full of excitement. Nothing save the boo...
"He writes with such ease and simplicity, his stories, always unusual, are so exquisitely told, and when, as often happens, he takes you into regions not too far distant from fairyland, he has only to wave his wand to make you believe." - Ralph Straus, Sunday Times "Mr. Reid is one of the most remarkable living fantasists . . . A]t once charming and a psychological tour de force." - London Mercury " An] eerie, unusual, quite enchanting book." - Guardian The Retreat opens with a vivid dream about an evil sorcerer and his boy apprentice. The dreamer...
"He writes with such ease and simplicity, his stories, always unusual, are so exquisitely told, and when, as often happens, he takes you into regions ...
'One of the most original and most perfect works of imagination of our time' - Edwin Muir, The Listener 'A unique achievement in modern literature' - John Boyd 'It has a charm and freshness, it is beautifully written' - James Hanley, New English Weekly Young Tom (1944) completes the trilogy of novels featuring Tom Barber, which began with Uncle Stephen (1931) and The Retreat (1936), and it is probably Forrest Reid's finest achievement. Acclaim from contemporary critics was unanimous, and the book won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize as the...
'One of the most original and most perfect works of imagination of our time' - Edwin Muir, The Listener 'A unique achievement in modern li...
