curprev22:5222:52, 28 August 2023 PaleRamonFernandeztalkcontribs 16,868 bytes+67 The previous text had read "Wealthy from trade"; I chose to amend this by replacing it with the narrator's more specific statement that Transome's fortune was "hardly more than a hundred and fifty thousand," because "wealthy" seemed to me an overly simplistic characterization of Transome's financial position given other comments of the narrator's.undoTag: Visual edit
curprev22:2522:25, 28 August 2023 PaleRamonFernandeztalkcontribs 16,801 bytes+580 I added some commentary on the novel's critical reception to the "Literary significance and criticism" section. I felt that that section didn't adequately represent the negative criticism that the novel has historically faced, and as such chose to add some samples of such criticism, drawn from Lynda Mugglestone's introduction to the 1995 Penguin edition of the text.undoTag: Visual edit