Showing posts with label 18th Century. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 18th Century. Show all posts

Thursday, 15 December 2016

Emmeline By Charlotte Turner Smith


Emmeline
Title : Emmeline
Author :
ISBN : 1551113597
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 520




The plot of Charlotte Smith s autobiographical first novel Emmeline 1788 includes the expected thrills of the eighteenth century courtship novel abduction, duels, and a fairy tale princess

At the same time, the novel satirically reworks such literary conventions by focusing on the dangers of early engagement and marriage, and challenges a social and legal system in wh

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Thursday, 24 October 2013

Evelina By Fanny Burney


Evelina
Title : Evelina
Author :
ISBN : 0192840312
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 455




Frances Burney s first and most enduringly popular novel is a vivid, satirical, and seductive account of the pleasures and dangers of fashionable life in late eighteenth century London As she describes her heroine s entry into society, womanhood and, inevitably, love, Burney exposes the vulnerability of female innocence in an image conscious and often cruel world where so Frances Burney s first and most enduringly popular novel is a vivid, satirical, and seductive account of the pleasures and da...

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Thursday, 28 March 2013

The Adventures of Rivella By Delarivier Manley


The Adventures of Rivella
Title : The Adventures of Rivella
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ISBN : 1551111217
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 178




The Adventures of Rivella is especially valuable for the light it throws on a woman author s relations with publishers and other writers, both male and female Bruce Stovel, University of Alberta...

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Sunday, 17 February 2013

The New Atalantis By Delarivier Manley


The New Atalantis
Title : The New Atalantis
Author :
ISBN : 0140433708
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages :




An early example of satirical political writing by a woman The book, with its blend of politics and sexuality, is based on the public and private lives of prominent politicians and society figures of the time....

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Friday, 4 January 2013

Hester Roon By Norah Lofts


Hester Roon
Title : Hester Roon
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ISBN : 055208252X
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 320




The Fleece Inn stood where the three roads joined the roads to London, to Norwich and to the sea Its trade was prosperous, its hospitality famous and the host was jolly and generous To his servants he was cruel and menacing, and to Ellie Roon, the most menial servant at the Fleece, he was a figure of terror Ellie was used to being bullied, but when her illegitimate da The Fleece Inn stood where the three roads joined the roads to London, to Norwich and to the sea Its trade was prosperous, its ho...

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