The nobleman and other romances / Isabelle de Charrière ; translated with an Introduction and notes by Caroline Warman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Charrière, Isabelle de, 1740-1805.

Contributor:

Warman, Caroline.

Series:

Penguin classics

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. English

Language:

English

French

Physical Description:

xxxi, 439 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Penguin Books, 2012.

Summary:

" The only available English translation of writings by an Enlightenment-era Dutch aristocrat, writer, composer-and woman. Born Dutch, noble, and free-spirited, Isabelle de Charrière (also known as Belle de Zuylen) was an enlightened woman whose writings-not unlike Jane Austen's-tackled the intricacies of high society, particularly in matters of love. Published when she was only twenty- two, "The Nobleman" is a Persuasion-like tale whose heroine challenges her stodgy father in order to marry a man of unassuming ancestry. But Charrière did not confine herself to simple marriage plots and country courtships. Another story, "Eagonlette and Suggestina," is a thinly veiled critique of Marie Antoinette, cleverly disguised as a fairy tale. The nobleman and other romances will delight fans of Jane Austen and Enlightenment-era French literature. "--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780143106609

0143106600

OCLC:

727703342

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