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Belinda

Af: Maria Edgeworth Engelsk Paperback

Belinda

Af: Maria Edgeworth Engelsk Paperback
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''It is singular, that my having spent a winter with one of the most dissipated women in England should have sobered my mind so completely.''Maria Edgeworth''s 1801 novel, Belinda, is an absorbing, sometimes provocative, tale of social and domestic life among the English aristocracy and gentry. The heroine of the title, only too conscious of being ''advertised'' on the marriage market, grows in moral maturity as she seeks to balance self-fulfilment with achieving material success. Among those whom she encounters are the socialite Lady Delacour, whose brilliance and wit hide a tragic secret, the radical feminist Harriot Freke, the handsome and wealthy Creole gentleman Mr Vincent, and the mercurial Clarence Hervey, whose misguided idealism has led him into a series of near-catastrophic mistakes. In telling their story Maria Edgeworth gives a vivid picture of life in late eighteenth-century London, skilfully showing both the attractions of leisured society and its darker side, and blending drawing-room comedy with challenging themes involving serious illness, obsession, slavery and interracial marriage.
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''It is singular, that my having spent a winter with one of the most dissipated women in England should have sobered my mind so completely.''Maria Edgeworth''s 1801 novel, Belinda, is an absorbing, sometimes provocative, tale of social and domestic life among the English aristocracy and gentry. The heroine of the title, only too conscious of being ''advertised'' on the marriage market, grows in moral maturity as she seeks to balance self-fulfilment with achieving material success. Among those whom she encounters are the socialite Lady Delacour, whose brilliance and wit hide a tragic secret, the radical feminist Harriot Freke, the handsome and wealthy Creole gentleman Mr Vincent, and the mercurial Clarence Hervey, whose misguided idealism has led him into a series of near-catastrophic mistakes. In telling their story Maria Edgeworth gives a vivid picture of life in late eighteenth-century London, skilfully showing both the attractions of leisured society and its darker side, and blending drawing-room comedy with challenging themes involving serious illness, obsession, slavery and interracial marriage.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 560
ISBN-13: 9780199682133
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0199682135
Udg. Dato: 27 feb 2020
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 131mm
Forlag: Oxford University Press
Oplagsdato: 27 feb 2020
Forfatter(e): Maria Edgeworth
Forfatter(e) Maria Edgeworth


Kategori Kønsstudier: kvinder og piger


ISBN-13 9780199682133


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 560


Udgave


Længde 25mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 131mm


Udg. Dato 27 feb 2020


Oplagsdato 27 feb 2020


Forlag Oxford University Press

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