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Robert Elsmere
Mrs. Humphry Ward
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She toiled up to the gate with difficulty, the gray rain-washed road, the wall, the trees, swimming before her eyes.
In the hall she came across Agnes, who caught hold of her with a start.
'My dear Cathie! you have been walking yourself to death. You look like a ghost. Come and have some tea at once.'
And she dragged her into the drawing-room. Catherine submitted with all her usual outward calm, faintly smiling at her sister's onslaught. But she would not let Agnes put her down on the sofa. She stood with her hand on the back of a chair.
'The weather is very close and exhausting,' she said, gently lifting her hand to her hat. But the hand dropped, and she sank heavily into the chair.
'Cathie, you are faint,' cried Agnes, running to her.
Catherine waved her away, and, with an effort of which none but she would have been capable, mastered the physical w. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Mrs. Humphrey Ward, she would never have appreciated being listed as Mary Augusta, was one of the most popular and important novelists of her day. Robert Elsmere would probably would have been listed as the most important novel for at least ten years after publication (1888). She was extremely popul
To get a sense of the cultural chasm between us and our Victorian forebears, you can’t do much better than to consider that Mary Augusta Ward’s Robert Elsmere (1888) was one of the best-selling novels of the era (‘probably the best-selling “quality” novel of the century’, to quote John Sutherland in
One of the best books I've ever read. It has the best (only) literary depiction of myself I've come across. Not Elsmere but Edward Langham.
The philosopher in the book, Gray, is based on T.H. Green.
Dated, but interesting story. Even more surprising that a woman of the time could get a published work such as this without resorting to a male pen name, ala George Sand.
I had never heard of this author two weeks ago, but HG Wells mentioned her in a novel of his I read recently. This is an extremely well written novel set amidst the religious turmoil on late nineteenth century England. I intend to look for some more of her books. Pam, you once said you read The firs
It was amazing to be reading a popular 1888 novel on an iphone! The author knew RH Charles, a man my husband is researching, and thus he found this book. We were both enjoying reading it at first. I gave it up about 60 % through--at a point when the spiritual crisis occurred.
1888 novel about a clergyman's doubts. Robert is a boyishly likeable people person with an intellectual side. The beginning section is about Robert trying to get married to Catherine, an ascetically beautiful oldest sister who's a little too rigidly good for anyone's peace of mind. The battle Robert