Novel 283: Frederick Wedmore, Two Girls (1873)
A young English gentleman gets involved with both an English lady and a French actress.
“Mr. Wedmore’s is a carefully written novel of character, . . . a little cramped and subdued by the quietism of modern taste.” Athenaeum, December 20, 1873
“His human figures are almost without exception individualised; we know and see them. . . . The story is told with perfect clearness, and with the rapidity and compression of what is very rare,—thoroughly skilful narrative." Spectator, January 10, 1874
“The attraction of Two Girls is to be found in a certain freshness of subject and manner. . . . His strength lies in the representation of character and dramatic little scenes, quiet but brightly coloured.” Academy, January 17, 1874
Download this fortnight’s novel: