Matilda, or, The Barbadoes girl
Subtitle: a tale for young people
By: by the author of The clergyman's widow and family, Merchant's widow and family, Affectionate brothers, Panorama of Europe, The sisters, &c. [i.e., Mrs. Hofland]
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, the Corvey Collection, 1790-1840
Publisher: Printed at the Minerva Press for A.K. Newman and Co.
Published: 1816
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Pride and vanity; Juvenile fiction; Families; Slavery; Blacks; Children; Conduct of life
Other titles: Barbadoes girl
Notes: The 3rd ed. was published under the title: The Barbadoes girl.

A wealthy, spoiled child from Barbados is converted after a year with an English family, who "walk in the path of propriety."