Leonora by Maria Edgeworth
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"Leonora" by Maria Edgeworth is a novel published in 1806. Written in epistolary form, it tells the story of newly married Leonora who brings a controversial exile named Olivia back from France to England. Olivia, known as a "coquette," embodies French aristocratic sensibility and theatrical emotional displays that challenge English propriety. Through competing letters and perspectives, the novel critiques sensibility as hypocritical narcissism, contrasting Leonora's prudent reserve against Olivia's extravagant need for
attention and moral justification of questionable behavior. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849 |
|---|---|
| Title | Leonora |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonora_(novel) |
| Credits |
Produced by David Edwards, Ross Cooling and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at www.pgdpcanada.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 68.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | Women -- Conduct of life -- Fiction |
| Subject | Women -- Social and moral questions -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 35638 |
| Release Date | Mar 20, 2011 |
| Last Update | Jan 7, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 409 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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