Miss Crespingny
By Frances Hodgson Burnett
25 Jan, 2020
"Mrs. Burnett discovers gracious secrets in rough and forbidding natures - the sweetness that often underlies their bitterness - the soul of goodness in things evil. She seems to have an intuitive perception of character. If we apprehend her personag
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"Mrs. Burnett discovers gracious secrets in rough and forbidding natures - the sweetness that often underlies their bitterness - the soul of goodness in things evil. She seems to have an intuitive perception of character. If we apprehend her personages, and I think we do clearly, it is not because she describes them to us, but because they reveal themselves in their actions. Mrs. Burnett's characters are as veritable as Thackeray's." Less