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Cargando... The Old Manor House (1793)por Charlotte Turner Smith
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Writen in the 1790s but set in the 1770s, the Old Manor House depicts the life of a middle class with connections, if not pretensions, to those who are better off. The young hero doggedly perseveres in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, managing to retain his honor as well as the love of his life. But along the way all seems lost at almost every turn. A vague sense of the supernatural pervades the work. The fragility of their happiness emerges, as time after time, the least bit of overheard conversation, or a message not delivered or misunderstood is sufficient to undo everything. Smith also manages to state her anti-war, pro-American views, which might have seemed somewhat controversial at the time. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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contemporary responses; writings on the genre debate by Anna Letitia Barbauld, John Moore, and Walter Scott; and historical documents focusing on property laws as well as the American and French revolutions. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)823.6Literature English English fiction Later 18th century 1745-1800Clasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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