A Victorian Family
“THE Sway ne Family,’’ by Mr. A Vance Palmer, portrays the inner story of a wealthy Victorian family, When they are introduced to the reader, Digby Swayne, retired' merchant and politician, and in his sevenlies, has returned from a long health holiday in' Europe—but no bettor; the spectra of a stroke, received abroad, is in the background. He is welcomed home by his wife and an adult family of four: George, barrister and cricketer, with a hankering for a life on the land; Ernest, born caricaturist, trying to, make a name,for himself in pure art; Kathleen, a reserved brunette with literary ambitions; , and Dorothy, a fair, impulsive nenuty with a gift for mockery. The ambition of Digby Swayne (openly confessed only to Ids medical adviser, when his sun was setting), was to found a family that would become historic in Victorian, if not Australian, annals. llow his dreams crashed about him and he passed to where dreams do not trouble is the theme of “The Swayne Family.’’ Mr. Palmer is concerned with the personalities of his family, and these he lays bare with skill and insight (Angus and Robertson.)
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18587, 22 December 1934, Page 9
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192A Victorian Family Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18587, 22 December 1934, Page 9
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