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  • The Governess; Or, The Little Female Academy

    by Sarah Fielding ...
    The novel is structured as a series of conversations and stories that take place in a fictional boarding school for young girls, known as the "Little Female Academy." The primary character is Miss Jenny Peace, the head governess of the school, who is responsible for educating and imparting moral lessons to her young charges.The narrative revolves around the experiences of the girls at the academy, ... Read more

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  • A Cornucopia of Knowledge: 24 Didactic Fiction Books

    Moral Tales, Social Critique, and Reformist Fiction from the Enlightenment to Modernity

    by George Eliot, Thomas Carlyle, Irving Bacheller, Constance Fenimore Woolson, Sarah Fielding, T. S. Arthur, H. G. Wells, J. G. Holland, Mary H. Eastman, Brand Whitlock, James Oppenheim, Hannah More, Silas Xavier Floyd, George Horace Lorimer, George Griswold Livermore, Margaret M. Robertson, Eleanora H. Stooke, A. L. O. E., Horatio Jr. Alger, Mary Wollstonecraft, John Ruskin ...
    A Cornucopia of Knowledge: 24 Didactic Fiction Books gathers a capacious tradition in which narrative becomes an instrument of moral inquiry, social observation, and practical instruction. Across novels, tales, juvenile literature, domestic fiction, allegory, and reform-minded prose, the volume traces changing conceptions of character, education, labor, gender, class, and civic responsibility. Its ... Read more

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  • The Cry

    A New Dramatic Fable

    by Sarah Fielding, Jane Collier ...
    Series series Eighteenth-Century Novels by Women
    Before Jane Austen's novels explored heroines in English society, writers Sarah Fielding and Jane Collier dared to provide commentary on gender and education through self-conscious narratives. Published in 1754 in five parts and divided into three volumes, The Cry stands as one of the most distinctive and intriguing works by women during the florescence of their writing in eighteenth-century ... Read more

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  • The Governess; Or, Little Female Academy

    by Sarah Fielding ...
    There lived in the northern parts of England, a gentlewoman who undertook the education of young ladies; and this trust she endeavoured faithfully to discharge, by instructing those committed to her care in reading, writing, working, and in all proper forms of behaviour. And though her principal aim was to improve their minds in all useful knowledge; to render them obedient to their superiors, and ... Read more

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  • The Governess or The Little Female Academy (1749)

    by Fielding, Sarah ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Sarah Fielding (8 November 1710 9 April 1768) was a British author and sister of the novelist Henry Fielding. She was the author of The Governess, or The Little Female Academy (1749), which was the first novel in English written especially for children (children's literature), and had earlier achieved success with her novel The Adventures of David Simple (1744)." ... Read more

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  • Beach Hut Surprise

    by Joanna Maitland, Louise Allen, Lesley Cookman, Liz Fielding, Sarah Mallory, Sophie Weston ...
    Beach Hut Surprise: Escape to Little Piddling this summer — six feel-good beach reads to make you smile, or even laugh out loudWho's there? Lovers, vampires… A body?Little Piddling—now renamed Little Piddling sur Mer—is a resort with ambitions.But odd things keep happening in Little Piddling. Especially among its delectable beach huts. They are a magnet for lovers and other, stranger, visitors ... Read more

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  • The Governess; Or, The Little Female Academy

    Enriched edition. An Educational Tale of Girls' Boarding School Life

    by Sarah Fielding, Julia Dunn ...
    In "The Governess; Or, The Little Female Academy," Sarah Fielding crafts a pioneering narrative that intertwines educational discourse with fictional storytelling. Set in the 18th century, this novel explores the experiences of a young governess tasked with educating a group of girls, emphasizing the importance of female education and moral development. Fielding's prose is characterized by its ... Read more

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  • Hauntings at the Black Cat Inn

    by Joanna Maitland, Louise Allen, Liz Fielding, Janet Gover, Sarah Mallory, Sophie Weston ...
    A welcoming inn with a shiver down the spineThe ancient Black Cat Inn is rooted on the wild Cornish coast. It's a haven for travellers but its hospitality comes with an unsettling feeling that all is not as it seems.Over the centuries many claimed to have seen or heard the lost souls who inhabit the inn.Do you believe the famous writer of mysteries? Can anyone explain the bullet hole left in the ... Read more

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  • Sports through the Lens

    Essays on 25 Iconic Photographs

    Edited by Maureen M. Smith, Daniel A. Nathan, Sarah K. Fields ...
    Series series Terry and Jan Todd Series on Physical Culture and Sports
    2025 Anthology Award, North American Society for Sport HistoryThe stories behind and legacies of important sports photos from the last 130 years.Ever since photography and professional sports originated in the nineteenth century, photographers have shaped how we perceive sports. Sports through the Lens collects essays by twenty-five historians that consider what it means to capture and revisit a ... Read more

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  • Remarks on Clarissa (1749)

    Enriched edition. Unveiling Gender Dynamics in 18th-Century Fiction Criticism

    by Sarah Fielding, Julia Dunn ...
    In 'Remarks on Clarissa,' published in 1749, Sarah Fielding offers a critical yet affectionate analysis of Samuel Richardson's monumental epistolary novel, 'Clarissa Harlowe.' Fielding's prose is characterized by its insightful observations and clarity, demonstrating her keen understanding of the complex interplay of gender dynamics and moral philosophy within Richardson's work. She deftly ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    The Governess; Or, The Little Female Academy (UNABRIDGED)

    by Sarah FIELDING ...
    Narrated by Savannah Catherine ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 14 min

    The Governess, or The Little Female Academy (published 1749) by Sarah Fielding is the first full-length novel written for children, and a significant work of 18th-century children's literature. (Wikipedia) It's about a boarding school for girls and its students. On each day, a story or part of a story is read aloud to the girls. Then Mrs. Teachum, who runs the school, explains the lesson to be ... Read more

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  • The History of Ophelia

    by Sarah Fielding ...
    In the mid-eighteenth century, Sarah Fielding (1710-68) was the second most popular English woman novelist, rivaled only by Eliza Haywood. The History of Ophelia, the last of her seven novels, is an often comic epistolary fiction, narrated by the heroine to an unnamed female correspondent in the form of a single protracted letter. This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and ... Read more

    $25.99 USD