Monday, December 9, 2013

The Female Quixote

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.


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