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Novel 216: Thomas Cobb, Mrs. Latham's Extravagance (1915)

January 4, 2022 David Bywaters
John Lavery, The Lady in Black (Mrs Trevor) 

John Lavery, The Lady in Black (Mrs Trevor) 


One woman is betrayed by her lover; another repents having betrayed hers.


Here is another unassuming novel by the unsung Thomas Cobb (see Novels 043, 146).

“Mr. Cobb’s books . . . bear the stamp of a scholarly mind, and are not concerned with intrigues and plots and harrowing scenes.  They concern, on the contrary, delightful groups of people of the aristocratic and upper middle class, with a quite probable plot that in no way strains the imagination. . . . ‘Mrs. Latham’ is every bit as good as any of her predecessors.” Aberdeen Daily Journal, January 18, 1915

“The story . . . is sure to please a host of readers, who will, moreover, be agreeably tickled by not a few of Mr. Cobb’s favourite little problems.” Academy, February 13, 1915

A contrasting view:

“A readable, if somewhat slight story.” Athenaeum, March 27, 1915

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