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The Triumph of Prudence over Passion by Elizabeth Sheridan
Or, The History of Miss Mortimer and Miss Fitzgerald
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eBook - PDF
The Triumph of Prudence over Passion by Elizabeth Sheridan
Or, The History of Miss Mortimer and Miss Fitzgerald
About this book
Originally published in 1781, The Triumph of Prudence over Passion; or, The History of Miss Mortimer and Miss Fitzgerald is an unconventional epistolary novel set in Ireland and France in 1779 and 1780, against the background of the patriot political agitation that marked the age of Grattan's parliament. The young women who write the bulk of the novel's letters link the state of Ireland and the condition of its women, powerfully endorsing liberty for both. Their witty and incisive commentary - on political events, male and female relations, education, and national differences - is accompanied by lighter observations on fashion, polite amusements, and affairs of the heart. Yet, while the novel contains several love stories, it departs strikingly from fictional convention by having its heroine refuse to marry her suitor, preferring instead to remain in a single state. The novel, published anonymously, is here attributed for the first time to Ann Elizabeth (Betsy) Sheridan, daughter of the novelist Frances Sheridan and the theatre manager and elocutionist Thomas Sheridan.
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HistoryTable of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- A note on the text
- Title page Vol. I
- Title page Vol. 1 (2)
- Letter I
- Letter II
- Letter III
- Letter IV
- Letter V
- Letter VI
- Count de Roussillon, and Miss S. George
- Letter VII
- Letter VIII
- Letter IX
- Letter X
- Letter XI
- Letter XII
- Letter XIII
- Letter XIV
- Letter XV
- Letter XVI
- Letter XVII
- Letter XVIII
- Letter XIX
- Letter XX
- Letter XXI
- Letter XXII
- Letter XXIII
- Letter XXIV
- Letter XXV
- Letter XXVI
- Letter XXVII
- Letter XXVIII
- Letter XXIX
- Letter XXX
- Letter XXXI
- Title page Vol. II
- Title page Vol. II (2)
- Letter XXXII
- Letter XXXIII
- Letter XXXIV
- Letter XXXV
- Letter XXXVI
- Letter XXXVII
- Letter XXXVIII
- Letter XXXIX
- Letter XL
- Letter XLI
- Letter XLII
- Letter XLIII
- Letter XLIV
- Letter XLV
- Letter XLIV
- Letter XLVII
- Letter XLVIII
- Letter XLIX
- Letter L
- Letter LI
- Letter LII
- Letter LIII
- Notes
- List of emendations
- Select bibliography
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