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Charlotte Lennox
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The Female Quixote (Penguin Classics) |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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528 |
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2007-06-26 |
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0140439870 |
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Penguin Classics |
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0.84 pounds |
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5.04 x 7.56 x 1.02 inches |
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A young woman is caught up in her ideas about romance and valor in this celebrated eighteenth-century parody of Don Quixote
Written in 1752 and admired by Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, and Dr. Johnson, The Female Quixote relates the comic misadventures of Arabella, a hapless aristocrat whose life becomes hopelessly confused with the romantic fiction she so adores. Charlotte Lennox parodies the style of Cervantes throughout, creating a high-spirited send-up of upper-class mores and literary convention. Timeless in its irreverent observations, this is a treasure of eighteenth-century English literature. |
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