Oh yes, yet another novel from days of yore! Yet another novel having fun with the conventions of romances! Sensing a theme in my class reading?
The Female Quixote tells the story of Arabella, who has been raised in seclusion in a castle by her father, a Marquis in self imposed exile. Her education consisted primarily [...]
Comments (0) Belinda by Maria Edgeworth is another one of those books that was massively popular in its day (1801) and it’s little read and hard to find today. It’s also another one of those books I’m reading for school this semester.
I first encountered Belinda in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey–it’s one of the books the heroine [...]
Comments (4) Back to school! This semester, I’m studying popular fiction of the early 19th century. This means the best sellers from days of yore–so no Jane Austen. Instead, I’m reading Waverly by Sir Walter Scott, the most popular novelist of the romantic era. At that time a typical novel might have sold 500 to 1,000 copies. [...]
Comments (7) I’m traveling to a warm sunny place this week–Huzzah! Since I burn easily, I will spend most of my time reading in the shade. Here are the books I’m bringing:
Seduce Me At Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas
This one came out months ago and I still have not read it! I’m blaming grad school and the crushing [...]
Comments (4) I am shocked, simply shocked, at my assigned reading material for class this semester. I’m taking a course on the rise of the novel, so the homework is reading novels (fun), but particularly naughty novels (more fun).
Fantomina by Eliza Haywood
Fantomina is the story of a proper young lady who fancies the attentions of rake called [...]
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