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The Trial

Charlotte Mary Yonge

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. . .King John to have been the most enlightened and patriotic of English sovereigns, enduring the Interdict on a pure principle of national independence, and devising Magna Charta from his own generous brain—in fact, presenting a magnificent and misunderstood anticipation of the most advanced theories of the nineteenth century. The book had made so much noise in the world, that the author had been induced to quit his college tutorship, and become editor of a popular magazine. He lived in London, but often came down to spend Sunday with his mother, and had begun to be looked on as rather the lion of the place. Henry took in his magazine, and courted his notice, often bringing him into Averil's way that she might hear her heroes treated with irony more effectual than home-made satire; but Ave was staunch. She hated the sight of Mr. Anderson; never cut the leaves of his magazine; and if driven to sing to him, took as little pains as her musical nature would let her do.. . . Read More

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- Jim - Dec 12, 2023

Charlotte Younge, a hugely popular Victorian novelist, is now largely forgotten. One cannot claim this is entirely unjust as her books contain much of what we now pejoratively deem “Victorian”—overly sentimental, religious (Church of England), and (mostly) conformist to sex roles. However, there is

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- Elizabeth - Jan 31, 2024

The Pillars of the House still holds the top CMY spot for me, but this is definitely my second favorite of Yonge’s novels I’ve read so far. We are back with the May family but somehow I loved them more in this than in The Daisy Chain. The plot and character interaction had the energy that The Daisy

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- Mbuye - Aug 28, 2023

Yonge wields her scythe with a Jacobean panache to sweep aside at least five major-rôle characters to reinforce the idea that any deviation from the true Christian faith will result in a retribution that is truly awful. This is illustrated by Yonge in both 'The Daisy Chain' and 'The Trial' by the de

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- Mary Ronan - Jan 29, 2013

Eight years after the publication of her best-seller, The Daisy Chain, Charlotte M Yonge continued the story of the May family in The Trial in 1864. Although not quite up to the quality of the original novel, in some ways The Trial will appeal more to the modern reader.

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