The female Quixote, or, the adventures of Arabella / edited by Margaret Dalziel.
ISBN
0192817655
Dewey Classmark
823.6
Local Dewey Classmark
B 823.6 LEN
Personal Author
Lennox, Charlotte, ca.1720-1804.
Publication
OUP, 1989.
Physical Description
xxxvii, 428p. ; 19cm.
Summary of Contents
Summary: A parody of the style of Cervantes, the novel relates the misadventures of the aristocratic Arabella, a devoted reader of romantic fiction. This novel was much praised by Fielding, Richardson and Dr Johnson.
Original Version
First published in 1752.
Local Copy Note
Georgian Bath Fiction Collection
Added Personal Name
Dalziel, Margaret.
Copy Information
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The female Quixote, or, the adventures of Arabella /
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edited by Margaret Dalziel.
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OUP,
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1989.
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xxxvii, 428p. ;
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19cm.
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A parody of the style of Cervantes, the novel relates the misadventures of the aristocratic Arabella, a devoted reader of romantic fiction. This novel was much praised by Fielding, Richardson and Dr Johnson.
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First published in 1752.
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Remarkable Books : Heritage Treasures of the Bath Record Office, Guildhall, 27-28 June 2025
Exhibited in the Women Author's case celebrating 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth.
"The Female Quixote (1752) is probably Lennox’s most famous novel in a career where she tried to professionalise writing for women. This book was an imitation, and parody, of Don Quixote. Used by Jane Austen as a model for Northanger Abbey"
