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'It is singular, that my having spent a winter with one of the most
dissipated women in England should have sobered my mind so
completely.' Maria Edgeworth's 1801 novel, Belinda, is an
absorbing, sometimes provocative, tale of social and domestic life
among the English aristocracy and gentry. The heroine of the title,
only too conscious of being 'advertised' on the marriage market,
grows in moral maturity as she seeks to balance self-fulfilment
with achieving material success. Among those whom she encounters
are the socialite Lady Delacour, whose brilliance and wit hide a
tragic secret, the radical feminist Harriot Freke, the handsome and
wealthy Creole gentleman Mr Vincent, and the mercurial Clarence
Hervey, whose misguided idealism has led him into a series of
near-catastrophic mistakes. In telling their story Maria Edgeworth
gives a vivid picture of life in late eighteenth-century London,
skilfully showing both the attractions of leisured society and its
darker side, and blending drawing-room comedy with challenging
themes involving serious illness, obsession, slavery and
interracial marriage.
This complete and unabridged edition contains a biography of the
author and a new introduction and afterword. Anne falls in love
with Wentworth, who had nothing but himself to recommend him, and
no hopes of attaining influence, so persuaded by friends and family
she breaks off the match and sends him away. Years later, he
returns, is it too late?
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Moll Flanders (Paperback, New)
Daniel Defoe; Edited by G.A. Starr, Linda Bree
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R227
R164
Discovery Miles 1 640
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'Twelve Year a Whore, fives times a Wife (whereof once to her own
Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in
Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest, and died a Penitent' So
the title page of this extraordinary novel describes the career of
the woman known as Moll Flanders, whose real name we never
discover. And so, in a tour-de-force of writing by the businessman,
political satirist, and spy Daniel Defoe, Moll tells her own story,
a vivid and racy tale of a woman's experience in the seamy side of
life in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century England and
America. Born in Newgate prison, and seduced in the home of her
adoptive family, she learns to live off her wits, defying the
traditional depiction of women as helpless victims. First published
in 1722, and one of the earliest novels in the English language,
its account of opportunism, endurance, and survival speaks as
strongly to us today as it did to its original readers. ABOUT THE
SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made
available the widest range of literature from around the globe.
Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship,
providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable
features, including expert introductions by leading authorities,
helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for
further study, and much more.
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Jonathan Wild (Paperback)
Henry Fielding; Introduction by Claude Rawson; Notes by Linda Bree; Revised by Hugh Amory
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R284
R232
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'he carried Good-nature to that wonderful and uncommon Height, that
he never did a single Injury to Man or Woman, by which he himself
did not expect to reap some Advantage' The real-life Jonathan Wild,
gangland godfather and self-styled 'Thieftaker General', controlled
much of the London underworld until he was executed for his crimes
in 1725. Even during his lifetime his achievements attracted
attention; after his death balladeers sang of his exploits, and
satirists made connections between his success and the triumph of
corruption in high places. Henry Fielding built on these narratives
to produce one of the greatest sustained satires in the English
language. Published in 1743, at a time when the modern novel had
yet to establish itself as a fixed literary form, Jonathan Wild is
at the same time a brilliant black comedy, an incisive political
satire, and a profoundly serious exploration of human 'greatness'
and 'goodness'. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's
Classics has made available the widest range of literature from
around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's
commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a
wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions
by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text,
up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
The manuscripts that survive from Jane Austen's maturity offer a
unique insight into her life as a creative writer. This volume
collects together, for the first time, all the literary manuscripts
from Austen's adult years (with the exception of the cancelled
chapters of Persuasion, in this edition printed with the finished
novel), together with letters discussing the art of fiction, and
her record of responses to her novels. Included here are the
novella 'Lady Susan', the novel fragments of 'The Watsons' and
'Sanditon', poems and charades, and the comic 'Plan of a Novel . In
an Appendix are collected other works ascribed to Austen, including
the play 'Sir Charles Grandison' and three prayers. The
introduction offers a history of the manuscripts and a full account
of the current state of scholarship on them, and the texts are
accompanied by explanatory notes and contextual information."
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Amelia (Paperback)
Henry Fielding; Edited by Linda Bree
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R1,004
Discovery Miles 10 040
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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
The manuscripts that survive from Jane Austen's maturity offer a
unique insight into her life as a creative writer. This volume
collects together, for the first time, all the literary manuscripts
from Austen's adult years (with the exception of the cancelled
chapters of Persuasion, in this edition printed with the finished
novel), together with letters discussing the art of fiction, and
her record of responses to her novels. Included here are the
novella 'Lady Susan', the novel fragments of 'The Watsons' and
'Sanditon', poems and charades, and the comic 'Plan of a Novel'. In
an Appendix are collected other works ascribed to Austen, including
the play 'Sir Charles Grandison' and three prayers. The
introduction offers a history of the manuscripts and a full account
of the current state of scholarship on them, and the texts are
accompanied by explanatory notes and contextual information.
Long of interest to literary scholars as the sister of Henry
Fielding and the friend of Samuel Richardson, Sarah Fielding
(1710-1768) was also a popular and innovative writer in her own
right. In her lifetime Fielding was seen as a leading literary
figure, her experimentation with various literary forms impressing
readers and influencing later writers. Her works encompass five
novels, including the moral romance The Adventures of David Simple
and the philosophical fiction The Cry, as well as one of the
earliest school stories for girls, a pamphlet of literary
criticism, a fictionalized autobiography, and a translation of a
classical Greek text. In her fiction Fielding explores the complex
relationship between words and things and the moral questions
confronting women and men in the middle 18th century; in her time
she staked the claim of the woman writer to help shape the
development of realistic and romantic fiction. Yet despite
increasing attention from scholars in recent years, Sarah Fielding
and her place in English letters have until now received no
full-length critical analysis. Fully conversant with the array of
pertinent critical scholarship, Bree incorporates into her
discussion the appraisals of contemporary and later critics,
including the considerable body of writing by feminists and New
Historicists. Fielding's fictions, Bree argues, "reveal a high
degree of originality in both content and technique" and provide "a
new model for women writers...experimenting in different ways with
the conventions and taboos of prose fiction". She also addresses
Fielding's moral and intellectual vision of women as mature human
beings responsible for their own actions and furthers
anappreciation of Fielding that was held in her own day - as "a
radical, original, and entertaining writer whose works challenged
the reader with serious issues of morality and ethics in action".
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