told as this one. It portrays the development of a sweet and natural
girl’s character, amid a community of strict Wesleyan Methodists in a
Staffordshire town. How her upright nature progresses with constant
rebellions against the hypocrisy and cant of the religionists, by whom
she is surrounded, is brought out by the author faithfully and with
great delicacy of insight. Many will love Anna, and not a few will
find something in her to suggest “Tess of the Durbervilles.” The plot
is extremely simple, but the reader will find a surprise in the last
chapters.
The English letter from W. L. Alden, in the _New York Times Review_
says:
“It will be promptly recognized by the critics whose opinion is worth
something _as the most artistic story of the year_.”
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