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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1814 edition. Excerpt: ...demeanour, in the midst of all the difficulties of distressed poverty; he was now as powerfully affected by the appearance of Gabriella; whose noble, yet never haughty manners, joined to a tragic expression of constant woe in her countenance, rendered her if not as attractive, at least as interesting as her friend. A general pause ensued, till Gabriella, fearing that she was obtrusive, retired to the inner room. Sir Jaspar, wide opening his eyes, and again leaning forward, to hear more distinctly, exclaimed, " Who is that fine creature? What a majestic port! Yet how sweet a look! She awes while she' invites! Who is she?" Juliet felt enchanted; she even felt exalted by a testimony so impartial and so honourable, to the merit of her friend, and she eagerly answered, " Your admiration, Sir, does honour to your discernment. Her excellencies, her high qualities, and spotless conduct, might make the proudest Englishman exult to own her for his country-woman; though the lowest Frenchman would dispute, even at the risk of his life, the honour of her birth. Sprung from one of the first bouses of Europe, a house not more ancient in its origin, than renowned for its virtues; allied to a family the most illustrious, whose military glory has raised it to the highest ranks in the state;. herself an ornament to that birth, an honour to that alliance; she sustains a reverse of fortune, which reduces her from every indulgence to every privation, with a calm courage that keeps her always mistress of herself, and enables her to combat evil by labour, misery by Industry! And which never has failed her, but in a personal, bosom affliction, that would equally have shaken her-fortitude, in the brightest splendour of prosperity!--" " Hold! hold, you little torment!"...
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"Thank you for bringing this important novel back in print. The Wanderer explores the situation of women and feminism at the end of the 18th century more thoroughly than any other work from the period. I'm delighted to be able to include this book in my course on Enlightenment Feminist Literature."--Audrey Bilger, Oberlin College "Thank you for bringing this important novel back in print. The Wanderer explores the situation of women and feminism at the end of the 18th century more thoroughly than any other work from the period. I'm delighted to be able to include this book in my course on Enlightenment Feminist Literature."--Audrey Bilger, Oberlin College "Thank you for bringing this important novel back in print. The Wanderer explores the situation of women and feminism at the end of the 18th century more thoroughly than any other work from the period. I'm delighted to be able to include this book in my course on Enlightenment Feminist Literature."--Audrey Bilger, Oberlin College "Thank you for bringing this important novel back in print. The Wanderer explores the situation of women and feminism at the end of the 18th century more thoroughly than any other work from the period. I'm delighted to be able to include this book in my course on Enlightenment FeministLiterature."--Audrey Bilger, Oberlin College
About the Author:
Frances Burney (Fanny Burney) was a British novelist who wrote four novels, eight plays, and one biography in her lifetime, and left behind 20 volumes of journals and letters after her death. Self-educated, Burney began writing at the age of 10, and published her first novel, Evelina, anonymously in 1778. Burney followed Evelina's success with Cecilia, Camilla, and The Wanderer, all of which explored the lives of English aristocrats and the role of women in society. Burney s novels were enormously popular during her lifetime, inspiring both Jane Austen and William Makepeace Thackeray, and her journals are recognized for their uncommonly accurate and candid portrayal of 18th-century England. Burney died in Bath, England, in 1840.
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1151254177
- ISBN 13 9781151254177
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages56
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