num_pages: 2
description: In The Female Quixote (1752) Lennox exploits the clash of literary illusion and mundane reality with deft and high-spirited satire whose comedy overlays a serious concern for her heroine.. "Brought up by her widowed father in a remote English castle, Arabella resorts to reading the French novels popular in her mother's youth, and in the solitude of this Arcadia paints a picture of her life as adventurous and deeply romantic. When her father dies, however, she inherits a barbed legacy: if she is not to lose part of the estate it appears she must marry her cousin Glanville. But Arabella has developed a different, private code of conduct which does not allow her to take any role but centre stage in the drama of her own life; her literary heroines are always in control.
language: English
title: The Female Quixote, or the Adventures of Arabella
titlecomplete: The Female Quixote, or the Adventures of Arabella
genres: Classics, British Literature, 18th Century, English Literature, Humor, School, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 2805
publisher: Irvington Publishers