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"_The work of a clever, cultivated person, wielding a practised pen. The characters are drawn with force and precision, the dialogue is easy: the whole book displays powers of pathos and humour, and a shrewd knowledge of men and things._"--SPECTATOR.
"_This is a very powerfully written story._"--GLOBE. "_This is a really excellent novel._"--ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. "_The sketches of society in Oldbury are excellent. The pict...
3. Part 3"_Charming stories of peasant life, written in something of George Eliot's style.... Her stories could not be other than they are, as literal as truth, as romantic as fiction, f...
1. Part 1"_The work of a clever, cultivated person, wielding a practised pen. The characters are drawn with force and precision, the dialogue is easy: the whole book displays powers of p...
4. Part 4"_We shall not anticipate the interest by epitomizing the plot, but we shall only say that readers will find in it all the gracefulness, right feeling, and delicate perception w...