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  • The History of Emily Montague

    by Frances Brooke ...
    "The History of Emily Montague" follows the romantic exploits and social interactions of its characters, particularly focusing on the titular character, Emily Montague, and her experiences in Quebec City, Canada. The novel is structured as a series of letters exchanged between various characters, allowing readers to gain insight into their thoughts, emotions, and relationships.Frances Brooke's ... Read more

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  • Manners (Complete)

    by Frances Brooke ...
    What, and how great, the virtue and the art, To live on little with a cheerful heart— (A doctrine sage, but truly none of mine) Let's talk, my friends,—— Pope. In the retired village of Deane, in Yorkshire, lived for many years one of those unfortunate females ycleped an old maid; a title which generally exposes the possessor to every species of contempt, however inoffensive, or even worthy, the ... Read more

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  • The History of Emily Montague

    Love, Adventure, and Identity in 18th Century Quebec

    by Frances Brooke ...
    Frances Brooke's "The History of Emily Montague" stands as an early example of the English novel, blending epistolary form with vivid narrative to delve into themes of love, gender, and social critique in 18th-century Canada. Set against the backdrop of the evolving British colonial landscape, the novel follows the protagonist, Emily, as she navigates her affections and societal expectations. ... Read more

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  • The History of Emily Montague

    by Frances Brooke, Lorraine Mcmullen ...
    Series series New Canadian Library
    This charming love story captures the lives of Quebec City’s early English-speaking inhabitants, the Québécois, and the Native people, in the decade between Wolfe’s victory on the Plains of Abraham in 1759 and the American War of Independence in the 1770s.First published in 1769, The History of Emily Montague, which brings the 18th-century novel into a New World context, is rightly called Canada’s ... Read more

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  • The Excursion

    by Frances Brooke ...
    Series series Eighteenth-Century Novels by Women
    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 ... Read more

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  • The History of Emily Montague

    by Frances Brooke ...
    The lives and loves of early Canadian settlers are captured through their letters. At a time of relative peace—after General Wolfe’s victory on the Plains of Abraham and before the American War of Independence—Miss Emily Montague and her acquaintances discuss their lives, the happenings of their town, and express their affections for each other in their written correspondence.Recognized as the ... Read more

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  • Complete Poetical Works of Charlotte Smith (Delphi Classics)

    by Charlotte Smith, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 35 - Delphi Poets Series
    The English Romantic poet Charlotte Smith initiated a revival of the sonnet, whilst also helping to establish the conventions of Gothic fiction with her novels. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Smith’s complete poetical works for the first time in digital publishing, with beautiful illustrations, a ... Read more

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  • Roderick Ransom, Peregrine Pickle, Ferdinand Count Fathom, Humphry Clinker, and Travels Through France

    by Tobias Smollett ...
    This file includes Roderick Ransom, Peregrine Picke, Ferdinand Count Father, Sir Lancelot Greaves, Travels through France and Italy, and The Expedition of Humphry Clinker. "According to Wikipedia: "Tobias George Smollett (bapt. 19 March 1721 - 17 September 1771) was a Scottish author, best known for his picaresque novels, such as The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748) and The Adventures of ... Read more

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  • The History of Pompey the Little, or The Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog

    by Francis Coventry ...
    First published in 1740, this is a witty and irreverent look at the social scene and social ills of 18th century England, all seen through the eyes of our canine narrator, Pompey. A lap-dog passed from owner to owner during parties and soirees. A delightful and surprisingly modern take on pomp and pride in high and low social circles. This text has been republished here for its historical and ... Read more

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  • The Vicar of Wakefield

    by Oliver Goldsmith ...
    The Vicar of Wakefield – subtitled A Tale, Supposed to be written by Himself – is a novel by Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774), illustrated by English illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) for the 1929 edition. It was written from 1761 to 1762 and published in 1766. It was one of the most popular and widely read 18th-century novels among Victorians. ... Read more

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  • Delphi Collected Works of Frances Trollope (Illustrated)

    by Frances Trollope, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 16 - Delphi Series Seven
    The early Victorian novelist, Frances Milton Trollope, mother of famous Anthony Trollope, wrote powerful social novels, including ‘The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw’ — an anti-slavery novel said to influence Harriet Beecher Stowe’s ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ — and the first industrial novel, ‘Michael Armstrong, The Factory Boy’. This comprehensive eBook presents Trollope’s collected ... Read more

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  • Ennui

    by Maria Edgeworth ...
    The shiftless Lord Glenthorn has money and a title but suffers from ennui—from boredom. When it is revealed to him that he is not, in fact, an Anglo-Irish earl, but the peasant Christy O’Donoghoe, he must face his changed circumstances in order to provide for a life and future for the woman with whom he has fallen in love.First published in 1809, Ennui is a didactic novel by Maria Edgeworth, who, ... Read more

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