Hetty Wesley

by Arthur Quiller-Couch

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280 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1931

About the author

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He is primarily remembered for the monumental "Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900" (later extended to 1918), and for his literary criticism. He guided the taste of many who never met him, including American writer Helene Hanff, author of 84 Charing Cross Road, its sequel, Q's Legacy, and the putatively fictional Horace Rumpole via John Mortimer, his literary amanuensis.

Reviews

[Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another book I doubt I would have picked up of my own accord, but which has ended up on my shelves via my grandmother. It's well written, making it surprisingly easy to follow given that I knew next to nothing about the subject matter when I picked it up (I didn't know there was such a thing as a Wesleyan Methodist). As someone less invested in the religious history, what stood out to me was the lives of the women involved, which seem pretty tragic all round.