Reading the Eighteenth-Century Novel 9781118621141, 9781118621103, 9781118621134, 9781118621110, 111862114X

Reading the Eighteenth-Century Novelis a lively exploration of the evolution of the English novel from 1688-1815. A rang

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English Pages 248 Year 2017

Table of contents :
Acknowledgments viii 1 The World That Made the Novel 1 2 Oroonoko (1688) 34 3 Moll Flanders (1722) 51 4 Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded (1740) 66 5 The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling (1749) 81 6 The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent. (1759 1767) 100 7 Evelina: The History of a Young Lady s Entrance into the World (1778) 117 8 The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) 131 9 Things As They Are, or The Adventures of Caleb Williams (1794) 151 10 Waverley, or Tis Sixty Years Since (1814) 171 11 Emma (1815) 189 12 The World the Novel Made 213 Selected Further Reading 226 Index 000

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