Title: Emmeline
First published: 1788
Description: "The plot of Charlotte Smith's autobiographical first novel Emmeline (1788) includes the expected 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." "This Broadview edition includes primary source material relating to the novel's reception; women, marriage, and work; and landscape in eighteenth-century fiction. Mary Hays's biographical writing on Smith is also included, as is selected correspondence."--Jacket.
Subjects: Fiction, general, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Single women, Fiction, Social life and customs
LC classification: PR3688 S4 E66