The Female Quixote, or the Adventures of Arabella by Charlotte Lennox

The Female Quixote, or the Adventures of Arabella by Charlotte Lennox

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Parodying the style of Cervantes, this vivacious and ironical novel portrays Arabella, the beautiful daughter of a marquis, whose passion for reading romances colours her approach to her own life. This edition includes an introduction and explanatory notes.

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The Female Quixote, or the Adventures of Arabella by Charlotte Lennox

The Female Quixote (1752), a vivacious and ironical novel parodying the style of Cervantes, portrays the beautiful and aristocratic Arabella, whose passion for reading romances leads her into all manner of misunderstandings. Praised by Fielding, Richardson and Samuel Johnson, the book quickly established Charlotte Lennox as a foremost writer of the Novel of Sentiment. With an excellent introduction and full explanatory notes, this edition will be of particular interest to students of women's literature, and of the eighteenth-century novel.

Charlotte Lennox was an English novelist, poet, and playwright who lived from 1730 to 1804.

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ISBN 13 9780192835727
ISBN 10 0192835726
Title The Female Quixote, or the Adventures of Arabella
Author Charlotte Lennox
Series Oxford World's Classics Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1998-08-01
Number of pages 468
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.