Category: Novels
Much has been written by critics, especially by those in Germany (the native land of criticism), upon the important question, whether to please or to instruct should be the end of Fiction--whether a moral purpose is or is not in harmony with the undidactic spirit perceptible i...
Mr. Robert Beaufort was generally considered by the world a very worthy man. He had never committed any excess--never gambled nor incurred debt --nor fallen into the warm errors...
2. Chapter 2"Now rests our vicar. They who knew him best, Proclaim his life to have been entirely rest; Not one so old has left this world of sin, More like the being that he entered in."--...
9. Chapter 9One evening, the shop closed and the business done, Mr. Roger Morton and his family sat in that snug and comfortable retreat which generally backs the warerooms of an English tr...
5. Chapter 5"For a man is helpless and vain, of a condition so exposed to calamity that a raisin is able to kill him; any trooper out of the Egyptian army--a fly can do it, when it goes on...
10. Chapter 10"Thus things are strangely wrought, While joyful May doth last; Take May in Time--when May is gone The pleasant time is past."--RICHARD EDWARDS. From the Paradise of Dainty Devi...
12. Chapter 12Phillip had been five weeks in his new home: in another week, he was to enter on his articles of apprenticeship. With a stern, unbending gloom of manner, he had commenced the du...
6. Chapter 6It was three days after the death of Philip Beaufort--for the surgeon arrived only to confirm the judgment of the groom: in the drawing-room of the cottage, the windows closed,...
3. Chapter 3"Improved in what, Philip?" said the mother, with a smile. "Not Latin, I am sure; for I have not seen you open a book since you insisted on poor Todd's dismissal."
1. Chapter 1Much has been written by critics, especially by those in Germany (the native land of criticism), upon the important question, whether to please or to instruct should be the end...
11. Chapter 11As might be expected, the excitement and fatigue of Catherine's journey to N---- had considerably accelerated the progress of disease. And when she reached home, and looked roun...
4. Chapter 4Mr. Robert Beaufort, for this colloquy took place between the brothers, as their britska rapidly descended the hill, at the foot of which lay Fernside Cottage and its miniature...
8. Chapter 8Amidst the glare of lamps--the rattle of carriages--the lumbering of carts and waggons--the throng, the clamour, the reeking life and dissonant roar of London, Philip woke from...