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Excursionnew Ed
Frances Brooke
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Paperback. Written for the very audience it portrays, "The Excursion" introduces the heroine, Maria Villiers, to London's "gentle" society and its glittering pastimes. Brooke drew upon the English courtship novel in the tradition of Elize Haywood and Henry Fielding for her novel's plot structure. Series: Eighteenth-century Novels by Women. Num Pages: 224 pages, references. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; FC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Frances Brooke (1724-1789), journalist, translator, playwright, novelist, and even co-manager of a theater, was described as "perhaps the first female novel-writer who attained a perfect purity and polish of style." Today, Brooke is known primarily for The History of Emily Montague, one of the earliest novels about Canada, where she lived for a number of years. But it is her third novel, The Excursion, that is an important example of the fashionable and popular English novels of the late 1770s.
Written for the very audience it portrays, this novel introduces the heroine, Maria Villiers, to London's "gentle" ... Read more
Frances Brooke (1724-1789), journalist, translator, playwright, novelist, and even co-manager of a theater, was described as "perhaps the first female novel-writer who attained a perfect purity and polish of style." Today, Brooke is known primarily for The History of Emily Montague, one of the earliest novels about Canada, where she lived for a number of years. But it is her third novel, The Excursion, that is an important example of the fashionable and popular English novels of the late 1770s.
Written for the very audience it portrays, this novel introduces the heroine, Maria Villiers, to London's "gentle" ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Eighteenth-century Novels by Women
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813108810
SKU
V9780813108810
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