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Art. 29. The Gipsey Countess. By Miss Gunning. 12mo. 14s. Boards. Longman and Rees. 1799.
The first two volumes of this novel contain too much dissertation and digression; and narratives, little connected, displace each other by turns, as if for the express purpose of preventing a continuation of interest. The letters attributed to different characters are not sufficiently distinguished from each other in their style and phraseology; though, from a female who had associated with gypsies, some peculiarity of character and expression might have been expected, even after she had been exalted to the rank of a countess. In the latter part, the narrative is permitted to proceed with less interruption; and, (which is no small encouragement to novel readers,) in its approach towards the conclusion, the degree of interest which has been created suffers no diminution.
[complete] Provided by Julie A. Shaffer, August 1999
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