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Art. 29. Fortitude and Frailty. Inscribed to the Memory of her lamented Father, by Fanny Holcroft. Four Vols. 22s. Boards. Simpkin and Marshal. 1817.
In many parts the style of this novel is faulty with respect to the grammar and the arrangement of the words; and the story is also unsatisfactory, because most of the personages, who have been attached to each other throughout the work, finish by marrying new comers, with whom they are as little acquainted as ourself: - but the worldly prudence of Mrs Grafton, and the selfishness of Leoline, are strongly and sometimes naturally depicted; and much ingenuity and right feeling are evinced in delineating the character of Mr Campbell. This gentleman offers a noble model of generosity and self-denial, and is continually placed in novel situations which afford exercise to those qualities. [complete]
Provided by Samantha Kirkby, September 1999
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