A virtuous young lady loves a man unworthy of her.
Here is another novel by the unknown but accomplished Susan Morley (see Novel 051), every bit as good as the first. And the title is fun to pronounce!
“This is a novel of more than average merit. It is to be highly praised for the moderation, the truly artistic moderation, with which character and incident are handled. The plot is formed out of a perfectly natural and probable complication of social life; there is not a trace of exaggeration. . . . Every character is judiciously managed.” Spectator, December 25, 1875
The author writes “with admirable clearness, correctness, simplicity, and refinement. . . . The action never drags.” Saturday Review, February 5, 1876
Download this week’s novel:
http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/f/89vilt/oxfaleph014799881
(Right-click (or control-click, if you have a Mac) on the “view digitized copy” links to download the novel’s three volumes in pdf form)