The excursion / / Frances Brooke ; Paula R. Backscheider & Hope D. Cotton, editors

• Autore: Brooke Frances <1724?-1789, >
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1997; ©1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Disciplina: 823/.6
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): BackscheiderPaula R.; CottonHope D. <1969->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chronology; Note on the Text; Preface to the Second Edition; The Excursion: First Edition; BOOK I; CHAP. I.; CHAP. II.; CHAP. III.; CHAP. IV.; CHAP. V.; CHAP. VI.; CHAP. VII.; CHAP. VIII.; CHAP. IX.; CHAP. X.; CHAP. XI.; CHAP. XII.; CHAP. XIII.; CHAP. XIV.; BOOK II; CHAP. I.; CHAP. II.; CHAP. III.; CHAP. IV.; CHAP. V.; CHAP. VI.; CHAP. VII.; CHAP. VIII.; CHAP. IX.; CHAP. X.; CHAP. XI.; CHAP. XII.; BOOK III; CHAP. I.; CHAP. II.; CHAP. III.; CHAP. IV.; CHAP. V.; CHAP. VI.; CHAP. VII.; CHAP. VIII.; CHAP. IX.; CHAP. X.; CHAP. XL ; CHAP. XII.CHAP. XIII.; CHAP. XIV.; BOOK IV; CHAP. I.; CHAP. II.; CHAP. III.; CHAP. IV.; CHAP. V.; CHAP. VI.; CHAP. VII.; CHAP. VIII.; CHAP. IX.; CHAP. X.; CHAP XI.; CHAP. XII.; CHAP. XIII.; CHAP. XIV.; The Excursion: Volume The Second; BOOK V; CHAP. I.; CHAP. II.; CHAP. III.; CHAP. IV.; CHAP. V.; CHAP. VI.; CHAP. VII.; CHAP. VIII.; CHAP. IX.; CHAP. X.; BOOK VI; CHAP. I.; CHAP. II.; CHAP. III.; CHAP. IV.; CHAP. V.; CHAP. VI.; CHAP. VII.; CHAP. VIII.; CHAP. IX.; CHAP. X.; CHAP. XI.; CHAP. XII.; BOOK VII; CHAP. I.; CHAP. II.; CHAP. III.; CHAP. IV.; CHAP. V.; CHAP. VI.; CHAP. VII.; CHAP. VIII. ; CHAP. IX.CHAP. X.; CHAP. XI; CHAP. XII.; CHAP. XIII.; BOOK VIII; CHAP. I.; CHAP. II.; CHAP. III.; CHAP. IV.; CHAP. V.; CHAP. VI.; CHAP. VII.; CHAP. VIII.; CHAP. IX.; CHAP. X.; CHAP. XI; CHAP. XII.; CHAP. XIII.; Notes to the Novel; Revisions Made in the Second Edition; Selected Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: Frances Brooke (1724-1789), journalist, translator, playwright, novelist, and even co-manager of a theater, was described as ""perhaps the first female novel-writer who attained a perfect purity and polish of style."" Today, Brooke is known primarily for The History of Emily Montague, one of the earliest novels about Canada, where she lived for a number of years. But it is her third novel, The Excursion, that is an important example of the fashionable and popular English novels of the late 1770s.Written for the very audience it portrays, this novel introduces the heroine, Maria Villiers, to
• Titolo autorizzato: The excursion
• ISBN: 0-8131-0881-0; 0-8131-5796-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460439603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Eighteenth-century novels by women.