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Novel 304: Mrs. Alexander, A Crooked Path (1889)

May 25, 2024 David Bywaters

George Elgar Hicks, Lady Driving a Gentleman


A virtuous young lady is driven by poverty to do wrong.


This is the seventh novel I have recommended by the great “Mrs. Alexander.” For the others, see my index of works by recommended authors.

The characters are “finely sketched and delicately discriminated,” the dialogue “delightfully human and individually characteristic.” Saturday Review, August 10, 1889

“The story takes form and colour as it proceeds, and the characters impress us gradually with their force in the only natural manner.” Athenaeum, August 10, 1889

The author, “one of the most capable producers of . . . circulating-library fiction” has “never done anything better.” Spectator, August 31, 1889

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