The parson's daughter.
London.
Richard Bentley, 1833.
First edition.
8vo.
In three volumes. [2], 300; [2], 331, [1]; [2], 321pp, [1]. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed, some staining to dulled spines. Scattered spotting.
The first edition Theodore Edward Hook's (1788-1841) triple-decker society novel.
Fraser's Magazine was scathing in its review: 'Of the parson's daughter we have not much to say. The story is nothing. There is a rather uninteresting hero, in love with a wholly uninteresting heroine; and after the usual evolutions, which are now-a-days as well known of the kickings and caperings of Harlequin and Columbine, they are married, as a matter of course, with some hundreds of thousands a-year, and peerages, &c. &c., to match. Hook always finishes like a fairy tale - either a clap of thunder or a general ballet.'
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 29255
Fraser's Magazine was scathing in its review: 'Of the parson's daughter we have not much to say. The story is nothing. There is a rather uninteresting hero, in love with a wholly uninteresting heroine; and after the usual evolutions, which are now-a-days as well known of the kickings and caperings of Harlequin and Columbine, they are married, as a matter of course, with some hundreds of thousands a-year, and peerages, &c. &c., to match. Hook always finishes like a fairy tale - either a clap of thunder or a general ballet.'
