Novel 249: Margaret Roberts, A Younger Sister (1892)
One daughter of a country squire in the Lake District longs to see the world; the other is content to stay at home.
Margaret Roberts (1833-1919) wrote nearly thirty novels between 1857 and 1897; this is one of the last. The heroine’s self-indulgent father is an especially well-done character.
Roberts “always gives us good work and always casts an unfailing charm over what she writes.” Manchester Guardian, May 10, 1892
“As a whole the sketch is worthy of the delicate hand” of the author. Academy, June 18, 1892
A contrasting view:
“Small beer.” Saturday Review, June 11, 1892
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