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First edition, 5 volumes 12mo, pp. xxvii, [1], 443, [1]; [4], 458; [4], 438; [4], 359, [1]; [4], 395, [1], [4] ads; original blue paper-covered boards, later cream paper shelfbacks; uncut; all blank leaves and all half-titles present, as called for by Rothschild; publisher's 4-page catalogue bound in at the back of volume V; boards a bit soiled, small cracks starting at the joints; good and sound. The Wanderer was Burney's last novel, and with her earlier, better-known works, Evelina and Cecilia, provided a model for the next generation of women writers, including Maria Edgeworth and Jane Austen who writes of Miss Burney in Northanger Abbey. Includes in volume I the important 21-p. dedication to Dr. Burney which contains special reference on the writing of novels. Rothschild 552. Seller Inventory # 66532
Title: The wanderer; or, female difficulties. By ...
Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, London
Publication Date: 1814
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition