Emma, or, The unfortunate attachment :: a sentimental novel /

"Published anonymously in 1773 and attributed to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, this epistolary novel explores the "unfortunate attachment" of Emma Eggerton to William Walpole. Forbidden by her father to marry the man she loves, Emma resigns herself to marrying Walpole, her father&...

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1. Verfasser: Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806
Weitere Verfasser: Gross, Jonathan David, 1962-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2004.
Schriftenreihe:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Zusammenfassung:"Published anonymously in 1773 and attributed to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, this epistolary novel explores the "unfortunate attachment" of Emma Eggerton to William Walpole. Forbidden by her father to marry the man she loves, Emma resigns herself to marrying Walpole, her father's autocratic choice of a husband. The novel's other unfortunate attachment concerns Colonel Sutton, who falls prey to the "low" machinations of the confirmed flirt Harriet Courtney. Like Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Georgiana's Emma explores the dangers of first impressions and arranged marriages, but does so from the vantage point of a woman who would suffer the long-term consequences of both." "Originally published when the author was only sixteen, and long out of print, Emma anticipates many of the major events of Georgiana's own life, and taken together with her second novel, The Sylph, it offers significant insights into the outlook of aristocratic women in the late eighteenth century. An Introduction by Jonathan David Gross sets the novel in the context of its time and explores the questions surrounding its authorship."--Jacket
Beschreibung:"Published anonymously in 1773 and attributed to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire"--Page 4 of cover
"Seven independent sources list her [Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire] as author, including the most recent and definitive work on the subject, The English novel, which atttibutes the novel to her with a question mark"--Page 10
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:142373954X
9781423739548
9780791461464
0791461467
9780791461457
0791461459
0791484807
9780791484807

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