The life and affecting history of Jane Hartley : who, losing her parents at an early age, is protected and brought up by farmer Forsyth, whose son Alan becomes tenderly attached to the young orphan : the events which lead to Alan's being rescued from a watery grave by Henry Cameron, a sailor, between whom and Jane an intimacy commences, which terminates in their happy union : the sufferings of Alan in consequence : Malcolm again goes to sea, is shipwrecked, and supposed to be lost : the distresses of the widow, Alan's disinterested conduct, with the singular union of Alan and Jane, Henry's unexpected return from sea, the illness and death of Alan, and conclusion of the history of Jane Hartley and Henry Cameron.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dean & Munday, publisher.

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Man-woman relationships.

Marriage.

Sailors.

Shipwrecks.

Shipwreck victims.

Genre:

Chapbooks.

Fiction.

Publishers' advertisements.

Physical Description:

[3], 6-34 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 19 cm

Other Title:

History of Jane Hartley

Place of Publication:

London : Published by Dean & Munday, Threadneedle Street, [18--?]

Notes:

Issued in blue paper wrappers printed with publisher's advertisements.

"Price six-pence."--Title leaf.

Local Notes:

Singer-Mendenhall PR3991.A1 L52 1800z purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2026 from Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers.

OCLC:

1602529562