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The Sentimentalists
THE SENTIMENTALISTS represents Robert Hugh Benson's first foray into "non-genre" fiction, as well as a significant and sensational switch from the historical novels by which he had achieved widespread popularity. This novel also marks Benson's change to an increasingly universal outlook, as well as to a more pointed form of satire, a quality that endeared him to Evelyn Waugh.
256 pages, Paperback
First published October 15, 2005
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Robert Hugh Benson
346 books190 followersMrsgr. Robert Hugh Benson AFSC KC*SG KGCHS was an English Catholic priest and writer. First an Anglican pastor, he was received into the Catholic Church in 1903 and ordained therein the next year. He was also a prolific writer of fiction, writing the notable dystopian novel Lord of the World, as well as Come Rack! Come Rope!.
His output encompassed historical, horror and science fiction, contemporary fiction, children's stories, plays, apologetics, devotional works and articles. He continued his writing career at the same time as he progressed through the hierarchy to become a Chamberlain to Pope Pius X in 1911, and gain the title of Monsignor before his death a few years later.
His output encompassed historical, horror and science fiction, contemporary fiction, children's stories, plays, apologetics, devotional works and articles. He continued his writing career at the same time as he progressed through the hierarchy to become a Chamberlain to Pope Pius X in 1911, and gain the title of Monsignor before his death a few years later.
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October 10, 2022
dedicated with affection to the writer and Bensonologist Sergio Gómez Moyano.
Ladies and gentlemen. First of all, mr. Pennel's despite him, is to apologize to them for the delay in writing reviews. True, I wrote the review of the wonderful novel by my friend Manuel Alfonseca https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... "The History of the Earth-9 Colony" https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..., but it is a work that I undertook urged by the author, and the truth is that this September I have dedicated myself more to advancing in my readings, or in the challenge of Goodreads, than to make a critique of my last readings. I remember going to the village where my parents had a house in July, and I was reading W. Somerset Maugham's "Theatre" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3.... I am about to review at least the most interesting readings (for better, and for worse), and even though my memory is no longer as good as before I will do my best to please the few Goodreads users who still support me, and therefore I intend to start with the book that I liked the most this summer with the permission of the wonderful work "Faith of Our Fathers A History of ' True' England" by Joseph Pearce (which will most likely become unless God has other plans) the best non-fiction book of this year. The first book I want to talk about regardless is Robert Hugh Benson's "The Sentimentals" (by the way, and I apologize again for the thousandth time from this author I still owe Goodreads users a review of "The Tragedy of the Queen" is something I will do in due course).
Nothing else left the users of Goodreads with the criticism of the work in question (something, which makes me happy, since this work has been very little read, and very little reviewed, hopefully it can increase its number of readers, and make it known). Finally on November 4 I will write a more personal review about a book by the youtuber, and journalist Don Ramón Álvarez de Mon https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... in which I will talk about football, and my love of Real Madrid, and this criticism will be dedicated to the Youtuber Qilllo Barrios, and I will take the opportunity to talk about football, and how the football situation is in Spain. I say this, in case anyone feels interested, or concerned by this issue.
Like any book, this book has history was a gift that my little sister has given me for the day of my saint. Apart from a good meal at the VIPS (if I'm a professional swallower, and a gourmet gourmet sybarite). I have finally finished the gift that my sister has given me. First of all, and I want to say it I would like to dedicate this criticism to Bensonologist, and author Sergio Gómez de Moyano https://www.goodreads.com/author/show.... The truth is that it is a worthy work to say goodbye to Benson, although as my friend Sergio Gómez Moyano says "let's not put limits to Providence" although for the moment I have read with this last book everything, or almost everything translated by Robert Hugh Benson into Spanish. This work had me yesterday until 3:00 in the morning, and that I was supposed to get up early to go with my sister to Valladolid, but I could not resist finishing it. The Spanish edition of this work was edited by the publisher Gili the same one that has edited "Penrod" by Booth Turkington, and "Andromeda, and the Monster" by Henry Bordeaux https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show.... So far this has been the best book to date.
This story has marked me a lot. The work is very morbid, because it was said that the protagonist Christopher Dell was inspired by the writer Frederick Rolfe https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... (Don Juan Manuel de Prada https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... commented on it in his wonderful book "A Library in the oasis" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...), surely if you have read "In Search of Baron Corvo" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... know anything about this character, and the turbulent relationship he had with Robert Hugh Benson. Friendly, but also destructive. That is why this novel is even more surprising (of course there is no mention of homosexuality, nor the pedophilia of the author of "Adriano VII", https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8... and the "Tales that Toto told me", https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... but everything else is present). Here I observe the mastery of R.H. Benson there is nothing left to chance, neither the prologue (interacting the narrator brilliantly with the fictional characters), nor the titles of the chapters, which speak of Dell's redemption. The first part talks about dell's degradation, which is about to redeem himself because of his love for Annie Hamilton, but the past, and Dell's self-destructive personality (and his propensity to lie, and give himself importance by showing his narcissistic, self-centered, even ungrateful nature to those who have helped him in times of trouble), who gets to argue with his friend Yolland (Benson's alter ego) protects him from misery, and gives him a job. In fact, my identification a lot with Dell 8in Dell can be seen a lot of Sebastian Flyte from "Brideshead Revisited", https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... in fact we could consider Robert Hugh Benson as the master, and precursor of this type of novel that would later cultivate authors such as Maurice Baring, Evelyn Waugh, or Sheila Kaye Smith https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... with his novels of noble and family sagas). In fact, this novel has something in common with the immortal work of Evelyn Waugh, and it is the author's powerful description of the fall, and redemption through grace, albeit by means more arduous than those employed by Waugh.
I have identified a little with Dell because I could not adapt to society (Leon Bloy https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... I would have said, that we are biologically maladapted to the times we have had to live), and that I also fell in love with a girl, and my story ended badly. The end of the first part is brutal. It reminded me of the beginning of Coppolla's Dracula when at the beginning of the movie Vlad/Gary Oldman denies God, although Dell overacts a lot, as if he had a withdrawal syndrome. The second part that narrates the healing of Dell is John Rolls who takes the lead (in the first part he had a very episodic role, almost marginal, but it served to show us that Dell was a faker who tried to give himself importance by larding what he does not know), and who redeems the girl, and the boy with a treatment that reminded me of Hytchner's The Madness of King George. He told me that if many intellectuals https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... had followed Rolls' treatment of Dell, we would have been spared many of the horrors of the twentieth century, especially from the 50s of the last century onwards. That part has seemed to me Dostoevsky, since it is sought through pain to purify, and heal a man, and despite the apparent brutality of Rolls it works. It is a shocking novel there are times that it seems a bit old, but then you realize that it is made for all ages. There is nothing left to chance, nor the title of the chapters. The interaction, and final inclusion of the author himself is impeccable, and perfect. In an ending that seems to be long, but that is perfect. With a single bitter point that is the end of Annie Hamilton, and that Lord Brasted ends up winning. But as my great friend Turbiales says, "you can't always win". I was so impressed by this book that I stayed until 3:00 reading it. Maybe it's a little slow, but it's very worthwhile, and it's a worthy ending to say until then to Robert Hugh Benson. My note is (5/5), at first I put four stars, but as I said in my Instagram review, which invited all my followers to follow my account if they wish I did not rule out raising it to four stars, and it certainly deserves it. I liked it better than "The King's achievement" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1.... I really liked the characters, apart from Rolls Yolland, and his father.
He invited them to read my next review "The Saga of Vigdis", or "The Daughter of Gunnar" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... that will transport us to the Nordic world of the eleventh century, but as my dear Michael Ende says https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... this is a story that will be told on another occasion, very soon.
Ladies and gentlemen. First of all, mr. Pennel's despite him, is to apologize to them for the delay in writing reviews. True, I wrote the review of the wonderful novel by my friend Manuel Alfonseca https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... "The History of the Earth-9 Colony" https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..., but it is a work that I undertook urged by the author, and the truth is that this September I have dedicated myself more to advancing in my readings, or in the challenge of Goodreads, than to make a critique of my last readings. I remember going to the village where my parents had a house in July, and I was reading W. Somerset Maugham's "Theatre" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3.... I am about to review at least the most interesting readings (for better, and for worse), and even though my memory is no longer as good as before I will do my best to please the few Goodreads users who still support me, and therefore I intend to start with the book that I liked the most this summer with the permission of the wonderful work "Faith of Our Fathers A History of ' True' England" by Joseph Pearce (which will most likely become unless God has other plans) the best non-fiction book of this year. The first book I want to talk about regardless is Robert Hugh Benson's "The Sentimentals" (by the way, and I apologize again for the thousandth time from this author I still owe Goodreads users a review of "The Tragedy of the Queen" is something I will do in due course).
Nothing else left the users of Goodreads with the criticism of the work in question (something, which makes me happy, since this work has been very little read, and very little reviewed, hopefully it can increase its number of readers, and make it known). Finally on November 4 I will write a more personal review about a book by the youtuber, and journalist Don Ramón Álvarez de Mon https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... in which I will talk about football, and my love of Real Madrid, and this criticism will be dedicated to the Youtuber Qilllo Barrios, and I will take the opportunity to talk about football, and how the football situation is in Spain. I say this, in case anyone feels interested, or concerned by this issue.
Like any book, this book has history was a gift that my little sister has given me for the day of my saint. Apart from a good meal at the VIPS (if I'm a professional swallower, and a gourmet gourmet sybarite). I have finally finished the gift that my sister has given me. First of all, and I want to say it I would like to dedicate this criticism to Bensonologist, and author Sergio Gómez de Moyano https://www.goodreads.com/author/show.... The truth is that it is a worthy work to say goodbye to Benson, although as my friend Sergio Gómez Moyano says "let's not put limits to Providence" although for the moment I have read with this last book everything, or almost everything translated by Robert Hugh Benson into Spanish. This work had me yesterday until 3:00 in the morning, and that I was supposed to get up early to go with my sister to Valladolid, but I could not resist finishing it. The Spanish edition of this work was edited by the publisher Gili the same one that has edited "Penrod" by Booth Turkington, and "Andromeda, and the Monster" by Henry Bordeaux https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show.... So far this has been the best book to date.
This story has marked me a lot. The work is very morbid, because it was said that the protagonist Christopher Dell was inspired by the writer Frederick Rolfe https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... (Don Juan Manuel de Prada https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... commented on it in his wonderful book "A Library in the oasis" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...), surely if you have read "In Search of Baron Corvo" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... know anything about this character, and the turbulent relationship he had with Robert Hugh Benson. Friendly, but also destructive. That is why this novel is even more surprising (of course there is no mention of homosexuality, nor the pedophilia of the author of "Adriano VII", https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8... and the "Tales that Toto told me", https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... but everything else is present). Here I observe the mastery of R.H. Benson there is nothing left to chance, neither the prologue (interacting the narrator brilliantly with the fictional characters), nor the titles of the chapters, which speak of Dell's redemption. The first part talks about dell's degradation, which is about to redeem himself because of his love for Annie Hamilton, but the past, and Dell's self-destructive personality (and his propensity to lie, and give himself importance by showing his narcissistic, self-centered, even ungrateful nature to those who have helped him in times of trouble), who gets to argue with his friend Yolland (Benson's alter ego) protects him from misery, and gives him a job. In fact, my identification a lot with Dell 8in Dell can be seen a lot of Sebastian Flyte from "Brideshead Revisited", https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... in fact we could consider Robert Hugh Benson as the master, and precursor of this type of novel that would later cultivate authors such as Maurice Baring, Evelyn Waugh, or Sheila Kaye Smith https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... with his novels of noble and family sagas). In fact, this novel has something in common with the immortal work of Evelyn Waugh, and it is the author's powerful description of the fall, and redemption through grace, albeit by means more arduous than those employed by Waugh.
I have identified a little with Dell because I could not adapt to society (Leon Bloy https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... I would have said, that we are biologically maladapted to the times we have had to live), and that I also fell in love with a girl, and my story ended badly. The end of the first part is brutal. It reminded me of the beginning of Coppolla's Dracula when at the beginning of the movie Vlad/Gary Oldman denies God, although Dell overacts a lot, as if he had a withdrawal syndrome. The second part that narrates the healing of Dell is John Rolls who takes the lead (in the first part he had a very episodic role, almost marginal, but it served to show us that Dell was a faker who tried to give himself importance by larding what he does not know), and who redeems the girl, and the boy with a treatment that reminded me of Hytchner's The Madness of King George. He told me that if many intellectuals https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... had followed Rolls' treatment of Dell, we would have been spared many of the horrors of the twentieth century, especially from the 50s of the last century onwards. That part has seemed to me Dostoevsky, since it is sought through pain to purify, and heal a man, and despite the apparent brutality of Rolls it works. It is a shocking novel there are times that it seems a bit old, but then you realize that it is made for all ages. There is nothing left to chance, nor the title of the chapters. The interaction, and final inclusion of the author himself is impeccable, and perfect. In an ending that seems to be long, but that is perfect. With a single bitter point that is the end of Annie Hamilton, and that Lord Brasted ends up winning. But as my great friend Turbiales says, "you can't always win". I was so impressed by this book that I stayed until 3:00 reading it. Maybe it's a little slow, but it's very worthwhile, and it's a worthy ending to say until then to Robert Hugh Benson. My note is (5/5), at first I put four stars, but as I said in my Instagram review, which invited all my followers to follow my account if they wish I did not rule out raising it to four stars, and it certainly deserves it. I liked it better than "The King's achievement" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1.... I really liked the characters, apart from Rolls Yolland, and his father.
He invited them to read my next review "The Saga of Vigdis", or "The Daughter of Gunnar" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... that will transport us to the Nordic world of the eleventh century, but as my dear Michael Ende says https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... this is a story that will be told on another occasion, very soon.
May 7, 2015
Second read-through, since I'm submitting an article on this at the end of the month. Still weird, but have a sense that the perspectives on excess emotion make the book more poignant and interesting than it would be otherwise.
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