Caroline Clive’s popular novel Paul Ferroll was likely published at Clive’s expense, first advertised for sale in Publisher’s Circular. While Clive (1801–73) had published poetry, the novel was her first, and ultimately most successful, attempt at fiction. By March 1856,… Read More ›
Susan Ferrier’s first novel, Marriage, has been labeled “shrewdly observant” by one critic and a novel “justified by its painting of Scottish manners” by another. Compared to her contemporaries Maria Edgeworth and Jane Austen, Ferrier develops her plot mostly within… Read More ›
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