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Title: |
Walsingham |
| Sub-title: |
or, the Pupil of Nature |
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| By (author): |
Mary Robinson Edited by: Julie A. Shaffer |
| ISBN10-13: |
155111299X : 9781551112992 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
559 |
| Weight: |
.593 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - January 2003 |
| List Price: |
34.50 Pounds Sterling |
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In Stock
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| Walsingham is both a lively story and a commentary by Mary Robinson on her societyâ s constraints upon women. The novel follows the lives of two main characters, Walsingham Ainsforth and his cousin, Sir Sidney Aubrey, a girl who is passed off as a son by her mother so that she will become the family heir. Sidney, educated in France, returns to England as an adult and persistently sabotages Walsinghamâ s love interests (having secretly fallen in love with him herself). Eventually, Sidney reveals her identity, and she and Walsingham declare their mutual love, wed, and share the familyâ s estate. This Broadview edition includes a rich selection of primary sources material including contemporary reviews; historical and literary accounts of eighteenth-century female cross-dressers; and selections from contemporary works that focus on the figure of the "fallen" woman. |
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