Novel 334: Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Strangers and Pilgrims (1873)
In spite of herself, a beautiful but selfish young woman falls in love with her father's strong and virtuous curate.
For Braddon, see Novels 004, 061, 115, 170, 222, 223. and 280.
“One of the saddest stories that we have read”; the characters are “thoroughly human, and, at the same time, thoroughly pitiful.” Athenaeum, July 26, 1873
“A painful story, and confused in its rendering of character,” but “there is a certain quality of intention in the characters of this book which carries the reader over the faults and dreary bits.” Saturday Review, August 23, 1873
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