Emmeline: the orphan of the castle
By: [by] Charlotte Smith; edited with an introduction by Anne Henry Ehrenpreis.
Series: Oxford English novels
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1971
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 531
Description: The plot of Charlotte Smith's autobiographical first novel Emmeline (1788) includes the usual thrills of the eighteenth-century courtship novel: abduction, duels, and a "fairy tale princess." At the same time, the novel satirically reworks such literary conventions by focusing on the dangers of early engagement and marriage, and challenges a social and legal system in which women are inherently illegitimate subjects.
Notes: Bibliography: p. xxi.