Maria Edgeworth Belinda (Paperback) Oxford World's Classics
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Further Details Title: Belinda Condition: New EAN: 9780199682133 ISBN: 9780199682133 Publisher: Oxford University Press Format: Paperback Release Date: 02/27/2020 Item Height: 193mm Item Length: 126mm Item Width: 25mm Contributor: Linda Bree (Edited by) Language: English ISBN-10: 0199682135 Description: '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. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Book Series: Oxford World's Classics Genre: Literary Criticism Topic: Fiction, Classic Fiction, Society & Culture, Gender Sex & Relationships Author: Maria Edgeworth Item Weight: 390g Release Year: 2020 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
