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In this, Hannah More’s only novel and an early nineteenth-century best-seller, More gives voice to a wealthy twenty-three-year-old bachelor, who styles himself “Coelebs†(unmarried), but seeks a wife.
After the death of his father, Coelebs journeys from the north of England to London, where he encounters a fashionable array of eager mothers and daughters before he visits the Hampshire home of his father’s friend, Mr. Stanley. Lucilla Stanley, Mr. Stanley’s daughter, is both an intellectual and a domestic woman, and Coelebs’ ideal partner.
In this intelligent novel about the meeting of two minds, More shows the ways in which a couple becomes truly “matched†as opposed to merely “joined.â€Along with a critical introduction, this Broadview edition includes a wide selection of historical documents, from reviews, imitations, and sequels of Coelebs in Search of a Wife to related contemporary writings on conduct, courtship, and women’s education.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:456 pages
- Publisher:Broadview Press Ltd
- Publication Date:30/05/2007
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- ISBN:9781551116747
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:456 pages
- Publisher:Broadview Press Ltd
- Publication Date:30/05/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9781551116747