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Critical Review of Novels and Dramatic Works
The piece critiques a sentimental novel focusing on two orphan girls and their trials under a cruel showman, praising vivid opening chapters but faulting later melodrama. It analyzes MacAlpine or on Scottish Ground for its lack of naturalness, unattractive characters, and sensational plotting. It also discusses Mr Bayne's Jezebel, noting its ambitious liberal readings of Jezebel and tension with biblical portrayal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan MacAlpine
Miss Mar
Bayne
Ahab
Mr. Bayne
Lewes
Froude
Nero
Mr. Lewes
Jezebel
Sidon
Greece
Israel