Progress and Prejudice

The Novel

Progress and Prejudice tells its own story in its title. The object is to illustrate, by the influence of events on the principal characters, the natural tendency of social progress to overcome and break down the prejudices which divide one section of society from another...


The Author

Catherine Grace Frances Gore (1799–1861) was a British novelist and dramatist, daughter of a wine merchant at Retford, where she was born. She is amongst the well-known of the silver fork writers - authors of the Victorian era depicting the gentility and etiquette of high society. There is something of Jane Austen’s influence to be traced in her novels. Catherine Gore was a very prolific worker.


Contemporary Reviews

The Critic, 1854 - Mrs. Gore has produced nothing more worthy of her name and fame than Progress and Prejudice.


Observer, 1854 - In execution of plot, naturalness of incident, facility of invention, and purity of style, Progress and Prejudice touches perfection. It is the production of a mind enlarged by a varied knowledge of the world, sharpened and polished by refining studies, and rendered prolific by active exercise and well-ordered cultivation.


John Bull, 1854 - In the working out of the details of her plot, and in the delineation of her characters, Mrs Gore has in this new production of her talented pen displayed her usual tact and delicacy of touch. The numerous admirers of her writings will recognize in this work an additional title to their favour, while among youthful readers the exquisite treatment of the tender passion will insure to the author a fresh accession of well-earned popularity.