Alfred Elmore, Supplication
A virtuous young lady marries a proud aristocrat.
Julia Cecilia Stretton (1812-1878) wrote some eleven novels in middle age, between 1855 and 1869. In this, a good style and several entertaining minor characters make up for a sometimes strained plot with a sentimental conclusion.
It is “impossible to get through its first chapter without experiencing an unwonted degree of interest which will grow” as the reader proceeds. “The author departs . . . from established custom in not making marriage the climax of the story.” Spectator, November 12, 1859
“A novel of great merit, exhibitng the constructive faculty of the author in a very high degree, and written in an easy, practised style.” Observer, November 14, 1859
“Very agreeable . . . full of interest, and totally without . . . affectation.” Literary Gazette, November 26, 1859
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