Memoirs of Emma Courtney
Hays, Mary, 1760?-1843
Memoirs of Emma Courtney - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_Emma_Courtney Release date is 2012-11-01
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"Memoirs of Emma Courtney" by Mary Hays is an epistolary novel published in 1796. Through letters to a young man she calls her son, Emma Courtney recounts her passionate pursuit of a man who cannot marry her, her eventual marriage to another, and the tragedies that follow. This partly autobiographical work scandalized contemporary readers with its frank treatment of female desire and bold questioning of women's place in society, earning Hays recognition as a feminist pioneer. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Autobiographical fiction England -- Fiction Young women -- Fiction Love stories Bildungsromans Feminist fiction Sex role -- Fiction
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Memoirs of Emma Courtney - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_Emma_Courtney Release date is 2012-11-01
Produced by Delphine Lettau and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Produced by Delphine Lettau and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
"Memoirs of Emma Courtney" by Mary Hays is an epistolary novel published in 1796. Through letters to a young man she calls her son, Emma Courtney recounts her passionate pursuit of a man who cannot marry her, her eventual marriage to another, and the tragedies that follow. This partly autobiographical work scandalized contemporary readers with its frank treatment of female desire and bold questioning of women's place in society, earning Hays recognition as a feminist pioneer. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Autobiographical fiction England -- Fiction Young women -- Fiction Love stories Bildungsromans Feminist fiction Sex role -- Fiction
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