The Old Manor HouseBroadview Press, 19.9.2002 - 587 sivua In The Old Manor House (1794), Charlotte Smith combines elements of the romance, the Gothic, recent history, and culture to produce both a social document and a compelling novel. A “property romance,” the love story of Orlando and Monimia revolves around the Manor House as inheritable property. In situating their romance as dependent on the whims of property owners, Smith critiques a society in love with money at the expense of its most vulnerable members, the dispossessed. Appendices in this edition include: contemporary responses; writings on the genre debate by Anna Letitia Barbauld, John Moore, and Walter Scott; and historical documents focusing on property laws as well as the American and French revolutions. |
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... Suppose the good - for - nothing boy had hit my Lady or me upon the head or breast , as it was a mercy he did not — there would have been a fine story ! Or suppose he had broke the windows , shattered the panes , and cut us with the ...
... suppose you are afraid of letting me come up here . " " Oh ! either is very wrong , " replied she , “ and I shall be sadly blamed . " " Well , then , Monimia , I am deceived , cruelly deceived . I did believe that you had some regard ...
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