Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, late January 1840:
'Have you seen Mrs Gore & Mrs Trollope in their late avatars? "Preferment", with an
undeniable cleverness, is dull & heavy [...] As to "One fault", with neither dulness nor heaviness, the book seems to [italics]me[end italics] far less clever than Mrs Trollope's books
generally or always are [goes on to discuss aspects of this text, including plot, further]'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett Print: Book
Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 12 July 1844:
'I heard the other day that "Agathonia" was Mrs Gore's! [...] Mr Crabbe Robinson told George
[? i.e. Barrett's brother] at Mr Kenyon's the other day that he had been vexed at the dificulty
he found in reading it through, [italics]as it was my book![end italics] -- Then the fame of it
went over to Mrs Coleridge, .. & lighted at last on the right head .. Mrs Gore's.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Henry Crabb Robinson Print: Book
Caroline Norton to John Murray, 4 March 1840:
'Blessed be he [sic] who lately wrote "Cecil" (though it be but a novel), for it beguiled me through a weary night, and made me forget I had a pain in my side.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Caroline Norton Print: Book
Charlotte Bronte to Mrs C[atherine]. F. G. Gore, 27 August 1850:
'The book had for me its own peculiar value as a work often heard of and long wished for: I have now read it; it has given me much pleasure [...] I knew nothing of the circles you describe before I read "The Hamiltons," but feel I do know something of them now.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Charlotte Brontë Print: Book
