Self-Control: A Novel
Author: first_name: Mary
last_name: Brunton
Language: English
Year: 1811

The author: "This little tale was begun at first merely for my own amusement. It is published that I may reconcile my conscience to the time which it has employed, by making it in some degree useful. Let not the term so implied provoke a smile! If my book is read, its uses to the author are obvious. Nor is a work of fiction necessarily unprofitable to the readers."

Jane Austen comments about this novel in a letter to her sister: “I am looking over Self Control again, & my opinion is confirmed o