Excerpt from Frank Fairlegh, Vol. 1: Or Scenes From the Life of a Private PupilIn the delineation of character, my desire has been to paint men as they are, rather than as they should be, and the moral (if moral there be) is to be derived quite as much from their faults as from their virtues. To this design must: also be traced all inconsistencies of character, - as, for ex ample, when Frank Fairlcgh, pcsscssing sufficient religious principle to enable him to look upon duelling as a crime which no combination of circumstances can justify, yet be comes involved in such an affair himself. These short comings doubtless evince a lamentable contrast to the perfection of the stereotyped novel hero, but as it has never been my good fortune to meet with that faultless monster, a perfectly consistent man, or woman, I prefer describing character as I find it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.