Emma, or, The unfortunate attachment : a sentimental novel

Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer Duchess of Devonshire 1757-1806 (Author). Gross, Jonathan David, 1962- (Added Author).

Summary: "Published anonymously in 1773 and attributed to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, this epistolary novel explores the "unfortunate attachment" of Emma Eggerton to William Walpole. Forbidden by her father to marry the man she loves, Emma resigns herself to marrying Walpole, her father's autocratic choice of a husband. The novel's other unfortunate attachment concerns Colonel Sutton, who falls prey to the "low" machinations of the confirmed flirt Harriet Courtney. Like Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Georgiana's Emma explores the dangers of first impressions and arranged marriages, but does so from the vantage point of a woman who would suffer the long-term consequences of both." "Originally published when the author was only sixteen, and long out of print, Emma anticipates many of the major events of Georgiana's own life, and taken together with her second novel, The Sylph, it offers significant insights into the outlook of aristocratic women in the late eighteenth century. An Introduction by Jonathan David Gross sets the novel in the context of its time and explores the questions surrounding its authorship."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9780791484807
ISBN: 0791484807
ISBN: 0791461459
ISBN: 9780791461457
ISBN: 0791461467
ISBN: 9780791461464
ISBN: 9781423739548
ISBN: 142373954X
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Published anonymously in 1773 and attributed to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire"--Page 4 of cover. "Seven independent sources list her [Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire] as author, including the most recent and definitive work on the subject, The English novel, which atttibutes the novel to her with a question mark"--Page 10.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.