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Actress, playwright, and novelist, Elizabeth Griffith (1727-1793) won fame in England with the publication in 1757 of the first two volumes of Letters Between Henry and Frances, letters from her own courtship with Richard Griffith whom she secretly married in 1751. Her first novel, The Delicate Distress (1769), focuses on the problems women encounter after marriage -- the issue of financial independence for wives, the consequences of interfaith relationships, and the promiscuity of their husbands.Against a backdrop of rural England and Paris of the ancien regime, Griffith reimagines the epi
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English literature --- Engels --- Literatuur
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English literature --- Friendship --- Courtesans
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"In this classic tale, even the slightest deviations from the norm are considered evil and punishable by death. How long can David's ability to communicate telepathically with several other youth remain a secret?" -- Youth Services Team, HPL. In a world where deviations from the norm are considered evil, David's talent to communicate by thought is a crucial secret.
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The Reform'd Coquette (1724) tells the story of Amoranda, a good but flighty young woman whose tendency toward careless behavior is finally tamed. Familiar Letters Betwixt a Gentleman and a Lady (1725), a satire of both political debate and women's place in society, portrays a Tory man and a Whig woman who find themselves discussing love, even though they have pledged to remain platonic friends. The Accomplish'd Rake (1727) follows the exploits of Sir John Galliard from youth to manhood, when he is forced to accept responsibility for his actions. Mary Davys (1674?-1732) was one of the earli
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Old English literature --- Arthurian romances --- Romances, English --- Arthurian romances. --- Romances, English. --- English romances --- English literature --- Romances
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English philology --- Philologie anglaise --- Periodicals. --- Périodiques --- English philology. --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- linguistics --- English literature --- English culture --- Germanic philology --- English literature --- english literature --- english culture
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In 1824, when the novel was issued in Kingston, Upper Canada, it became not only the first work of fiction written by a native-born Canadian and published in what is now Canada, but also a significant early attempt by a Canadian of English and French heri
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