John Partridge, The Clough-Taylor Family
An exemplary family struggles against misfortune in a cathedral town.
Here is another novel by Mrs. Wood, with many of the same qualities, good and bad, as East Lynne (see Novel 077). Among its minor characters is a mischievous choirboy named Bywater.
“It can never be read without profit both by parents and children. . . . The merit . . . lies in the detail, and the extreme truthfulness and simplicity in which it is related. . . . It is impossible not to read every word with interest; and we feel that we know every character intimately, and feel real regret at parting with them.” Athenaeum, April 26, 1862
“It is pleasing, and readable, and well-contrived. . . . Very few of the purveyors of fiction could write as good a book.” Saturday Review, May 10, 1862
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