It displays a far keener insight into human passion, a subtler analysis of motives and principles, and it suggests a mental and a moral philosophy nobler in themselves and truer to humanity and religion. In these respects it resembles “Adam Bede,” but in others it surpasses its predecessor.
It is written in the same pure, hardy style, strong with Saxon words that admit of no equivocation or misunderstanding it is illustrated with sketches of outward Nature and tranquil rural beauty, none the less vivid or truthful that they are drawn with the pen rather than the brush and it is instinct with an honest, high-souled purpose. Both books have many elements in common, but the second is the greater work of art, and indicates more fairly the scope and vigor of the author’s mind.
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