The Female Quixote: or The Adventures of Arabella (Oxford World's Classics)

Description: The Female Quixote, a vivacious and ironical novel parodying the style of Cervantes, portrays Arabella, the beautiful daughter of a marquis, whose passion for reading romances colors her approach to her own life and causes many comical and melodramatic misunderstandings among her relatives and admirers. Both Joseph Fielding and Samuel Johnson greatly admired Lennox, and this novel established her as one of the most successful practitioners of the "Novel of Sentiment." About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each ... (more)

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
Release date: 15 June 2008
ISBN-10 : 0199540241 | ISBN-13: 9780199540242

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