Title: Amelia
Description: Against her mother's wishes, Amelia marries Captain William Booth, a young army officer, and runs away to London. William is unjustly imprisoned in Newgate, and is subsequently seduced by Miss Matthews. Amelia stays faithful to her husband and forgives his transgression, but William soon draws them into trouble again as he accrues gambling debts trying to lift the couple out of poverty.
Subjects: Fiction, Married women, Social life and customs, England, fiction, Married people, fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Manners and customs, England, Domestic fiction, Social conditions, Romance Ingles
Places: England
Time periods: 18th century