Susan Hopley (in its original form) had great success in circulating libraries even though the Athenæum wrote that it was somewhat overpraised.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
844 (1843): 1160
It gained CC
a reputation for presenting good moral...
Reception
Mrs Alexander
According to Paul
and June Schlueter
, her earliest novels garnered no attention.
Schlueter, Paul, and June Schlueter, editors. An Encyclopedia of British Women Writers. Garland, 1988.
Textual Production
Mrs Alexander
The first work to be published by Annie French Hector (later MA
) was the anonymous novelKate Vernon. A Tale (it was years later that she adopted her pseudonym).