The excursion / Frances Brooke ; Paula R. Backscheider & Hope D. Cotton, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brooke, Frances, 1724?-1789, author.

Contributor:

Backscheider, Paula R., 1943- editor.

Cotton, Hope D., 1969- editor.

Series:

Eighteenth-century novels by women.

Eighteenth-Century Novels by Women

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brooke, Frances, 1724?-1789.

Brooke, Frances.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1997.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Frances Brooke (1724-1789), journalist, translator, playwright, novelist, and even co-manager of a theater, was described as ""perhaps the first female novel-writer who attained a perfect purity and polish of style."" Today, Brooke is known primarily for The History of Emily Montague, one of the earliest novels about Canada, where she lived for a number of years. But it is her third novel, The Excursion, that is an important example of the fashionable and popular English novels of the late 1770s.Written for the very audience it portrays, this novel introduces the heroine, Maria Villiers, to

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chronology; Note on the Text; Preface to the Second Edition; The Excursion: First Edition; BOOK I; CHAP. I.; CHAP. II.; CHAP. III.; CHAP. IV.; CHAP. V.; CHAP. VI.; CHAP. VII.; CHAP. VIII.; CHAP. IX.; CHAP. X.; CHAP. XI.; CHAP. XII.; CHAP. XIII.; CHAP. XIV.; BOOK II; CHAP. I.; CHAP. II.; CHAP. III.; CHAP. IV.; CHAP. V.; CHAP. VI.; CHAP. VII.; CHAP. VIII.; CHAP. IX.; CHAP. X.; CHAP. XI.; CHAP. XII.; BOOK III; CHAP. I.; CHAP. II.; CHAP. III.; CHAP. IV.; CHAP. V.; CHAP. VI.; CHAP. VII.; CHAP. VIII.; CHAP. IX.; CHAP. X.; CHAP. XL

CHAP. XII.CHAP. XIII.; CHAP. XIV.; BOOK IV; CHAP. I.; CHAP. II.; CHAP. III.; CHAP. IV.; CHAP. V.; CHAP. VI.; CHAP. VII.; CHAP. VIII.; CHAP. IX.; CHAP. X.; CHAP XI.; CHAP. XII.; CHAP. XIII.; CHAP. XIV.; The Excursion: Volume The Second; BOOK V; CHAP. I.; CHAP. II.; CHAP. III.; CHAP. IV.; CHAP. V.; CHAP. VI.; CHAP. VII.; CHAP. VIII.; CHAP. IX.; CHAP. X.; BOOK VI; CHAP. I.; CHAP. II.; CHAP. III.; CHAP. IV.; CHAP. V.; CHAP. VI.; CHAP. VII.; CHAP. VIII.; CHAP. IX.; CHAP. X.; CHAP. XI.; CHAP. XII.; BOOK VII; CHAP. I.; CHAP. II.; CHAP. III.; CHAP. IV.; CHAP. V.; CHAP. VI.; CHAP. VII.; CHAP. VIII.

CHAP. IX.CHAP. X.; CHAP. XI; CHAP. XII.; CHAP. XIII.; BOOK VIII; CHAP. I.; CHAP. II.; CHAP. III.; CHAP. IV.; CHAP. V.; CHAP. VI.; CHAP. VII.; CHAP. VIII.; CHAP. IX.; CHAP. X.; CHAP. XI; CHAP. XII.; CHAP. XIII.; Notes to the Novel; Revisions Made in the Second Edition; Selected Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813108810

0813108810

9780813157962

081315796X

OCLC:

900344821