CS
and Sarah Rose
developed a highly personal epistolary relationship from January 1804, though they never met. Sarah's husband, Samuel Rose
, was a solicitor involved in attempts to settle the Smith trust. The Roses...
Literary responses
Charlotte Smith
On the strength of this novel the Critical Review hailed CS
as less agitating than Ann Radcliffe
, less diverting than Frances Burney
, but more true to nature than either. In the Monthly...