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WORKS PUBLISHED BY
CHEAP SERIES OF POPULAR FICTIONS.
Well printed, in large Type, on good Paper, and strongly bound in cloth.
JANE EYRE. By Currer Bell.
Price 2s. 6d. cloth.
"’Jane Eyre’ is a remarkable production.
Freshness and originality, truth and passion,
singular felicity in the description of natural
scenery and in the analyzation of human t hought ,
enable this tale to stand boldly out from the mass,
and to assume its own plnce in the bright field of
romantic literature."—Times.
" ’ Jane Eyre ’ is a book of decided power. The
thoughts are true, sound, and original: and the
style is resolute, straightforward, and to the
purpose. The object and moral of the work are
excellent."—Exa miner.
"A very pathetic tale; very singular, and so
like truth that it is difficult to avoid believing
that much of the characters and incidents are
taken fr»m life. It is an episode in this
work-a-day world, most interesting, and touched at once
with a daring and delicate hand. It is a book for
the enjoyment of a feeling heart and vigorous
understanding."—Blackwood’s Magazine.
" For many years there has been no work of
such power, piquancy, and originality. Its very
faults are on the side of vigour, and its beauties
are all original. It is a book of singular
fascination."—Edinburgh Review.
" Almost all that we require in a novelist the
writer has; perception of character and power
of delineating it; picturesqueness, passion, and
knowledge of life. Reality — deep, significant
reality —is the characteristic of this book."—
Eraser’s Magazine.
SHIRLEY. By Currer Bell. Price
2s. 6d. cloth.
" The peculiar power which was so greatly
admired 111 ’Jane Eyre’ is not absent from this
book. It possesses deep interest, and an
irresistible grasp of reality. There is a vividness and
distinctness of conception in it quite marvellous.
The power of graphic delineation and expression
is intense. There are scenes which, for strength
and delicacy of emotion, are not transcended in
the range or English fiction."—Examiner.
"’Shirley’ is an admirable book; totally free
from cant, affectation, or conventional tinsel of
any kind; genuine English in the independence
and uprightness of the tone of thought, in the
purity of heart and feeling which pervade it;
genuine English in the masculine vigour or rough
originality ol’ its conception of character; aiid
genuine English in style and diction."—Morning
Chronicle.
" The same piercing and loving eve, and the
same bold and poetic imagery, are exliihited here
as in ’Jane Eyre.’ Similar power is manifested in
the delineation or character. With a few brief
vigorous touches, the picture starts into
distinctness."—Edinburgh Review.
" ’ Shirley’ is very clever. It could not be
otherwise. The faculty of graphic description, strong
imagination, fervid and masculine diction,
analytic skill, all are visible. . . . Gems of rare
thought and glorious passion shine here and
there."— Times.
" ’ Shirley’ is a book demanding close perusal
and careful consideration."—Athenaeum.
" ’ Shirley’ is a novel of remarkable power and
brilliancy; it is calculated to rouse attention,
excite the imagination, and keep the faculties in
eager and impatient suspense."—Morning Post.
" ’ Shirley’ is the anatomy of the female heart.
It is a book which indicates exquisite feeling, and
very great power of mind in the writer. The
women are all divine»"—Daily News.
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VILLETTE. By Currer Bell. Price
2s. 6d. cloth.
" ’ Villette’ is a most remarkable work—a
production altogether sui generis. Fulness and
vigour of thought mark almost every sentence,
and there is a sort of easy power pervading the
whole narrative such as we have rarely met."—
Edinburgh Revieic.
" This novel amply sustains the fame of the
author of ’Jane Eyre ’ and’ Shirley’ as an original
and powerful writer. ’Villette’ is a most
admirably written novel, everywhere original,
everywhere shrewd."—Examiner.
" There is throughout a charm of freshness
which is infinitely delightful: freshness in
observation, freshness in feeling, freshness in
expression."— Literary Gazette.
" The tale is one of the affections, and
remarkable as a picture of manners A burning heart
glows throughout it, and one brilliantly distinct
character keeps it alive."—Athenæum.
" ’ Villette’ is crowded with beauties, with good
things, for which we look to the clear sight, deep
feeling, and singular though not extensive
experience of life, which we associate with the name
of Currer Bell.’—Daily News.
" ’ Villette’ is entitled to take a very high place
in the literature of fiction. The reader will find
character nicely conceived and powerfully
depicted: he will discover much quiet humour, a
lively wit, brilliant dialogue, vivid descriptions,
reflections both new and true, sentiment free
from cant and conventionality, and bursts of
eloquence and poetry, flashing here and there."—
Critic.
" The fascination of genius dwells in this book,
which is, ill our judgment, superior to any of
Currer Bell’s previous efforts. For originality of
conception, grasp of character, elaboration and
consistency of detail, and picturesque force of
expression, few works in the English language
can stand the test of comparison w ith
it."—Morning Post.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS AND
AGNES GREY. By Ellis and
Acton Bell. With Memoir by
Currer Bell. Price 2s. 6d. cloth.
" There are passages in this book of’ Wuthering
Heights’ of which any novelist, past or present,
might be proud. It has been saia of Shakespeare
that he diew cases winch the physician might
study ; Ellis Bell has done no less."—Palladium.
" There is, at all ev» lits, keeping in the book:
the groups of figures and the scenery are in
harmony with each other. There is a touch of
Sal-vator Rosa in nil."—Atlas.
"’Wuthering Heights’ bears the stamp of a
profoundly individual, strong, and passionate
mind. The memoir is one of the most touching
chapters in literary biography."—Nonconformist.
A LOST LOVE. ByAsiiFORD Owen.
Price 2s. cloth.
"’ A Lost Love’ is a story full of grace and
genius. No outline of the story would give any
idea of its beauty."—Athenæum.
"A tale at once moving and winning, natural
and romantic, and certain to raise all the liner
sympathies of the reader’s nature."—Press.
"A real picture of woman’s life."—Westminster
Review. .
"A very beautiful and touching story. It is
true to nature, and appeals to all «ho have not
forgotten love and youth."—Globe.
"A novel of great genius; beautiful and true as
life itself."—New Quarterly Review.
"A striking and original story; a work or
genius and sensibility."—Saturday Review.
"This volume displays unquestionable genius
and that ol’ a high order."—Lady’s Newspaper.
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