Coelebs in Search of a Wife: Commprehending Observations on Domestic Habits and Manners, Religion and Morals - Couverture souple

More, Hannah

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 155111674X ISBN 13 : 9781551116747

Editeur : Broadview Press Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

In this, Hannah More’s only novel and an early nineteenth-century best-seller, More gives voice to a wealthy twenty-three-year-old bachelor, who styles himself “Coelebs” (unmarried), but seeks a wife. After the death of his father, Coelebs journeys from the north of England to London, where he encounters a fashionable array of eager mothers and daughters before he visits the Hampshire home of his father’s friend, Mr. Stanley. Lucilla Stanley, Mr. Stanley’s daughter, is both an intellectual and a domestic woman, and Coelebs’ ideal partner. In this intelligent novel about the meeting of two minds, More shows the ways in which a couple becomes truly “matched” as opposed to merely “joined.”

Along with a critical introduction, this Broadview edition includes a wide selection of historical documents, from reviews, imitations, and sequels of Coelebs in Search of a Wife to related contemporary writings on conduct, courtship, and women’s education.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Patricia Demers is Professor of English at the University of Alberta, specializing in women's writing and early modern literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Broadview Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 155111674X
• ISBN 13: 9781551116747
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 456
• Éditeur: Demers Patricia
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