Eighteenth-century England, as recreated in Garfield's novel, is a lawless society. Traditional justice is shown to be mistaken, unkind, and inadequate.
The reader's sympathy goes to the petty thieves, highwaymen, and debtors whose actions are depicted as attempts to survive in a hostile world and whose accomplishments, like those of Lord Tom, are glamorous and exciting. The Mansfields, who live by a less opportunistic code, are helpless, deluded, and often unhappy. The complex character of Miss Mansfield, for example, shows the.....
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