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School For Widows
Reeve, Clara. Ed(S): Casler, Jeanine M.
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Hardback. Editor(s): Casler, Jeanine M. Num Pages: 382 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 717.
Clara Reeve's 1791 epistolary novel The School For Widows tells the stories of childhood friends Frances Darnford and Rachel Strictland, both of whom have lived hard lives as the virtuous wives of improvident and immoral husbands. Frances, left penniless after the death of her gambler-spendthrift husband (who in an attempt to escape debtor's prison tries to sell her to his friend), opens a school for girls, and eventually takes up with another tragic widow, Isabella di Soranzo, whom she rescues from a mental breakdown. Frances, Rachel, and Isabella not only survive their trials, but eventually become productive and beneficial members ... Read more
Clara Reeve's 1791 epistolary novel The School For Widows tells the stories of childhood friends Frances Darnford and Rachel Strictland, both of whom have lived hard lives as the virtuous wives of improvident and immoral husbands. Frances, left penniless after the death of her gambler-spendthrift husband (who in an attempt to escape debtor's prison tries to sell her to his friend), opens a school for girls, and eventually takes up with another tragic widow, Isabella di Soranzo, whom she rescues from a mental breakdown. Frances, Rachel, and Isabella not only survive their trials, but eventually become productive and beneficial members ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
Number of Pages
382
Place of Publication
Delaware, United States
ISBN
9781611492224
SKU
V9781611492224
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99-15
About Reeve, Clara. Ed(S): Casler, Jeanine M.
Jeanine Casler teaches English courses at the University of Georgia.
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