In The Old Manor House (1794), Charlotte Smith combines elements of
the romance, the Gothic, recent history, and culture to produce
both a social document and a compelling novel. A "property
romance," the love story of Orlando and Monimia revolves around the
Manor House as inheritable property. In situating their romance as
dependent on the whims of property owners, Smith critiques a
society in love with money at the expense of its most vulnerable
members, the dispossessed. Appendices in this edition include:
contemporary responses; writings on the genre debate by Anna
Letitia Barbauld, John Moore, and Walter Scott; and historical
documents focusing on property laws as well as the American and
French revolutions.
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