Novel 326: Margaret Agnes Paul, Thomasina (1872)

George Bernard O’Neill, Grandfather’s Advice

A girl grows up to oppose her tyrannical grandfather.

For Paul, see Novels 025, 136, 198, 251, and 286.

“Within its own limits . . . thoroughly satisfactory. . . . We would liken it to a finished and delicate cabinet picture, in which there is no brilliant colour, and yet all is in harmony.” Athenaeum, April 6, 1872

“An amusing, animated, and well-told story.” Spectator, May 18, 1872

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