beechencliff

Updated: May 5, 2025

There is not lavish but amply sufficient description and scenery the Bath vignettes, especially the Beechencliff prospect; the sketch of the Abbey itself and of Henry's parsonage, etc. But it is in the other two constituents that the blowing of the new wind of the spirit is most perceptible. The character-drawing is simply wonderful, especially in the women though the men lack nothing.

George Saintsbury - The English Novel