Belinda:

"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 see...

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1. Verfasser: Edgeworth, Maria 1767-1849 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Bree, Linda ca. 20./21. Jh (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York Oxford University Press 2020
Ausgabe:New edition
Schriftenreihe:Oxford world's classics
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Zusammenfassung:"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"--
Beschreibung:Reissued as an Oxford World's Classics paperback 1999, 2008
Beschreibung:xlv, 502 Seiten 20 cm
ISBN:9780199682133
0199682135

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