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The Hypocrite; or Modern Janus. By Selina Davenport. 5 vols. 12mo.
Though we do not recollect ever having met in any works of fiction with which we are acquainted, a character so completely villainous as the principal figure in this novel, yet the story is throughout uncommonly interesting and well managed. There are some exquisite touches of pathetic sensibility in the piece, and several animated portraits, which are extremely well drawn, admirably contrasted and rendered highly instructive. We have, indeed, a strong suspicion that some of the leading personages here delineated are sketched from real life. [complete]
Provided by Julie A. Shaffer, January 2000
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