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Emmeline, the orphan of the castle (1788)

Emmeline, the orphan of the castle (1788)

Romance Literary Fiction Friendship Fiction

Charlotte Turner Smith

Year: 1788
Authors: Charlotte Turner Smith
Print type: BOOK

Description:

The plot of Charlotte Smith's autobiographical first novel Emmeline (1788) includes the usual thrills of the eighteenth-century courtship novel: abduction, duels, and a "fairy tale princess." At the same time, the novel satirically reworks such literary conventions by focusing on the dangers of early engagement and marriage, and challenges a social and legal system in which women are inherently illegitimate subjects.