Mayor's achievement is to take the 'superfluous female' of the Victorian census return, and transform her into <b>a figure of luminous importance </b>
Independent
As a literary study of that now-extinct creature, the Victorian spinster, <b>it shines</b>
Guardian
This is a <b>great work of fiction</b>, with deep emotional, moral, intellectual and social content
- Susan Hill,
Mayor's achievement is to take the "superfluous female" of the Victorian census return, and transform her into a figure of luminous importance
INDEPENDENT
As a literary study of that now-extinct creature, the Victorian spinster, it shines
GUARDIAN
This is a great work of fiction, with deep emotional, moral, intellectual and social content..
Susan Hill