Allan Ramsay, Jean Abercomby, Mrs. Morison of Haddo, c.1767
Charlotte Lennox, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1997
Arabella reads French novels and decides to act as a heroine in the drama of her own life. She lives her life according to the manners and values of romances, and this makes her unfit for 18th century society. A charming, funny book. Jane Austen read this novel twice. |
A diary devoted to reading the 100 novels cited in Jane Smiley's 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
Monday, December 9, 2013
The Female Quixote
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