Adeline Mowbray or The Mother and Daughter - Softcover

Amelia Alderson Opie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0863580858 ISBN 13: 9780863580857

Publisher: Pandora Press, 1986

Synopsis

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1827. Excerpt: ... "But how do you know that she is?" "Oh! because I went to church with them, and my mother cooked the wedding-dinner, and I ate plumbpudding and drank punch, and we were very merry-- only my mother cried, because my father could not come." "Very circumstantial evidence, indeed!" cried Langley, "and I am very sorry that 1 did not know so much before. So you and your mother love this extraordinary fine woman, Mrs Berrendale, heh?" "Love her ! To be sure--we should be very wicked if we did not. Did you never hear the story of the pineapple?" said the tawny boy. "Not I. What was it?" and the tawny boy, delighted to tell the story, with sparkling eyes sat down to relate it. "You must know, Mr Glenmurray longed for a pineapple." "Mrs Glenmurray you mean," said Mary, laughing immoderately. "I know what I say," replied the tawny boy angrily; <' And so Miss Adeline, as she was then called, went out to buy one; well, and so she met my poor father going to prison, and I was crying after her, and so--" Here he paused, and bursting into tears exclaimed, " And perhaps she is crying herself now, and I must go and see for her directly." "Do so, my fine fellow," cried Langley; "you had better go home, tell your mother what has passed, and tomorrow, (accompanying him down stairs, and speaking in a low voice,) I will either write a note of apology or call on Mrs Berrendale myself." The tawny boy instantly set off, running as fast as he could, telling Langley first, that if any harm had happened to his friend, both he and his mother should lie down and die. And this further proof of Adeline's merit did not tend to calm Langley's remorse for having exposed her to the various distresses which she had undergone at his chambers. 22 CHAPTER XXI. Adeline awoke early the next morning perfectly sane, though ...

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From the Back Cover

When Adeline Mowbray puts her mother Editha's radical theories into practice by eloping with, but not marrying, a notorious writer, the mother and daughter are estranged for many years, but finally reconciled. As its subtitle suggests, Adeline Mowbray, or The Mother and Daughter begins and ends with their story, but its complex plot encompasses almost every other human relationship. This engaging novel explores many issues important in the Romantic period, from women's education to the ethics of slavery and colonialism. This Broadview Edition uses the first edition of 1805 as its copy text, but also includes important variants from the 1810 and 1844 editions. The appendices include contemporary reviews and material expanding on the novel's themes of women's education, marriage, slavery, and the tension between feeling and reason.

About the Author

Anne McWhir is Professor of English at the University of Calgary. She is the co-editor, with D.L. Macdonald, of The Broadview Anthology of Literature of the Revolutionary Period, 1770-1830, and the editor of the Broadview Edition of Mary Shelley's The Last Man.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pandora Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0863580858
• ISBN 13: 9780863580857
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 275