Elizabeth Gunning

Miss Gunning. The Gipsy Countess. a Novel. By Miss Gunning.

London:  T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1799.

 

Contemporary Reviews

British Critic, 14 (Nov.1799), 549. [This review is available on the CW3 Website.]

Critical Review, ns, v27, (Dec 1799), p. 475

The Gipsey [sic] Countess: a Novel. By Miss Gunning. 4 Vols. 12mo. 14s. Boards. Longman and Rees. 1799.
     The past and present are strangely blended in this novel. Lady Offington's narrative of her adventures is unpleasantly interrupted by the circumstances of the day.

Monthly Magazine, Suppl. V8 (Jan. 20, 1800), 1054.

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      Miss Gunning's "Gipsey [sic] Countess" is an interesting and well-told tale of domestic manners. The character of Julia is well drawn. The language throughout is spirited, and generally correct, and many of the sentiments are original; and happily applied.
[Question: Does the Monthly Review catalogue other reviews, or just steal them? This review is almost word for word from the New London Magazine - see below.]

Monthly Review, ns, v32 (May 1800), 94. [This review is available on the CW3 Website.]

New London Review, 2 (Nov. 1799), 506.

The Gipsy Countess; a Novel. By Miss Gunning. In Four Volumes. 12mo. Longman and Rees. 1799.

     This is an interesting and well-told tale of domestic manners; the character of Julia is finely drawn; the language throughout is spirited, and in general correct; many of the sentiments are original, and happily applied; and, to speak generally, we think the work entitled to considerable praise.

-Prepared by Margaret Case Croskery, Ohio Northern University, July 2003