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Title: Female biography, or, Memoirs of illustrious and celebrated
women, of all ages and countries: alphabetically arranged.Author:
Mary HaysPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on
Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin
Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets,
serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their
discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original
accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward
expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native
Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin
Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western
hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores
of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of
the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North,
Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection
highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture,
contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides
access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons,
political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation,
literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality
digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand,
making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent
scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled
from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of
this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping
to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01444602CollectionID:
CTRG94-B5558PublicationDate: 18030101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Collation: 6 v.; 18 cm
Memoirs of Emma Courtney (1796) is a novel by English writer and
feminist Mary Hays. Inspired by events from her own life, as well
as by her acquaintance with radical political philosophers William
Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, Hays's novel received mixed reviews
and was controversial for its representation of female sexuality,
adultery, infanticide, and suicide. Modern critics and readers,
however, have recognized the novel as a groundbreaking work of
feminist fiction. In a series of letters to her adopted son
Augustus Harley, Emma Courtney reveals the tragic details of her
life. Young and in love with Augustus's father, Courtney dreamed of
marrying him and starting a family. Despite their true connection,
Harley is unable to marry-his continued income is only guaranteed,
he claims, if he remains a bachelor. Meanwhile, a man named Mr.
Montague promises Courtney a life of safety and financial stability
if she will agree to marry him, which, after learning that Harley
has secretly been married all along, she does. Heartbroken,
Courtney settles for a life with her new husband, and raising her
daughter becomes her only cause for passion. When she realizes the
extent of Mr. Montague's dishonesty, however, she struggles to
reconcile her former sense of individuality with the life she has
been forced to live. When Harley suddenly reappears, however,
feelings from the past return that threaten to flood Courtney's
heart and overturn what stability she thought had been her own.
Memoirs of Emma Courtney is an epistolary novel exploring themes of
desire, inequality, and the love that transcends the values and
bonds of society. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Mary Hays's
Memoirs of Emma Courtney is a classic of English literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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