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(Review /
Andronica: or, The Fugitive Bride: a Novel, by
Mary Charlton)
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Critical Review /JAS, 1797 |
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vol 21 p117 |
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The incidents of this novel are pretendedly derived from a part of the early history of England, Greece, and France, but without even such an adherence to fact as to entitle it to the name of a historical romance. It approaches, however, nearer to the construction of the old romance, than almost any of those which are now called by that name. The events, without being indebted to supernatural aid, are sufficiently surprising to catch the attention of the reader; and the language is neat and appropriate, without falling into unnatural and extravagant expression. Many of the situations are affecting, and the moral tendency unexceptionable. If it is a first attempt, as we have reason to believe, it is a promising one; and the authoress has at least the merit of wandering out of the beaten track, and is therefore indebted to her own resources for what is interesting and amusing in the construction of the fable.
[complete]. Provided by Julie Shaffer, July 1999.
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