Belinda
Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-18492020
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Maria Edgeworth's 1801 novel, 'Belinda', is an absorbing, sometimes provocative, tale of social and domestic life among the English aristocracy and gentry. The heroine of the title, only too conscious of being 'advertised' on the marriage market, grows in moral maturity as she seeks to balance self-fulfilment with achieving material success. Among those whom she encounters are the socialite Lady Delacour, whose brilliance and wit hide a tragic secret, the radical feminist Harriot Freke, the handsome and wealthy Creole gentleman Mr Vincent, and the mercurial Clarence Hervey, whose misguided idealism has led him into a series of near-catastrophic mistakes.
Main title:
Belinda / Maria Edgeworth.
Edition:
Second edition / edited by Linda Bree.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Collation:
560 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9780199682133 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
2286712