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 s...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | New edition / |
| Series: | Oxford world's classics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | This edition also issued in print: 2020. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (560 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780191923746 (ebook) : |
| DOI: | 10.1093/owc/9780199682133.001.0001 |