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The romance of private life (1839) / Sarah Harriet Burney ; edited by Lorna J. Clark.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burney, Sarah Harriet, 1772-1844.
- Series:
- Chawton House library series. Woman's novels ; no. 4.
- Chawton House library series. Women's novels ; no. 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxv, 403 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Sarah Harriet Burney, The romance of private life (1839)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Pickering & Chatto, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Burney's last novel, <i>The Romance of Private Life</i> (1839) contains two striking tales. Based on her travels on the continent, <i>The Renunciation</i> presents a colourful picture of life abroad. An English girl travels to Italy in search of kin and supports herself as an artist, offering an early feminist heroine. <i>The Hermitage</i> is a gripping psychological thriller involving a ruined country maiden and an unsolved murder. With shades of the Gothic, it offers a case-study of the after-effects of trauma, anticipating the genre of the detective novel and challenging prevailing critical assumptions of the patriarchal origins of the genre.
- Contents:
- v. I. The renunciation
- v. II. The renunciation
- v. III. The hermitage.
- The renunciation
- The hermitige.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-64927-6
- 1-317-30351-2
- 1-283-15752-7
- 9786613157522
- 1-84893-251-0
- 9781315649276
- OCLC:
- 740449412
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