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Modern Faults. By Mrs Anne Ker. 2 vols. 12mo. 7s.
This is a sorry tame story. There is nothing like originality or acuteness of thought or expression. A rakish husband leaves his wife, and lives with another woman, till being duly convinced of his fault, he returns to his duty; and this, told in a heavy, dull manner, is the whole of the affair. But perhaps the authoress may answer nearly in the words of the razor seller to the bumpkin, 'my book was not written to amuse but to sell.' [complete]
Provided by Julie A. Shaffer, January 2000
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