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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456943803321

Autore

Lennox Charlotte <ca. 1729-1804.>

Titolo

Henrietta [[electronic resource] /] / Charlotte Lennox ; edited by Ruth Perry and Susan Carlile

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Ky., : University Press of Kentucky, c2008

ISBN

1-283-23249-9

9786613232496

0-8131-2927-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Eighteenth-century novels by women

Altri autori (Persone)

PerryRuth <1943->

CarlileSusan <1967->

Disciplina

823/.6

Soggetti

Women household employees

Women - England - Social conditions - 18th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chronology; Note on the Text; Henrietta Vol. I; Henrietta Vol. II; Appendix I; Appendix II; Notes to the Novel; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

As an orphan under the care of her selfish aunt who pressures her to convert to Catholicism and enter a loveless marriage, Henrietta learns to live by her wits. Henrietta's story draws attention to the difficulty for women of earning a living in mid-eighteenthcentury England and offers readers strikingly insightful and modern reflections on human nature. Charlotte Lennox was a friend of both Samuel Richardson and Samuel Johnson and was generally admired by many of their contemporaries. A major influence on Jane Austen, Lennox is an innovator in the tradition of English women's fiction. Out