Silly Novels by Lady Novelists

Delightful essay which George Eliot skewers novels and tropes of her time, akin to criticisms many have about the flood of trash romantasy and romance novels of today. I read this as a follow-up to “Daniel Deronda.”

I listened to this on Hoopla and there's a pdf version available on the George Eliot archive website: https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/101