The novel fulfills all the requirements of poetic tragedy in that the reader is purged and relieved of pity and fear and kindred emotions.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
Who, such men will ask, among all this multitude of well-dressed worshippers, offering their adoration to the Deity, visits the fatherless and widow in their affliction, lays restraining hands upon the tempted, uplifts the fallen or instructs the depraved, and so fulfills the true ideal of religion pure and undefiled?
"The Empire of Love"
W. J. Dawson
Oh, yes, it does bring joy to a person and fulfills that deep longing in every person for peace and satisfaction in this life!
"The Key To Peace"
A. Marie Miles