Written for the very audience it portrays, The Excursion introduces the heroine, Maria Villiers, to London's gentle society and its glittering pastimes. Brooke drew upon the English courtship novel in the tradition of Elize Haywood and Henry Fielding for her novel's plot structure.
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Written for the very audience it portrays, The Excursion introduces the heroine, Maria Villiers, to London's gentle society and its glittering pastimes. Brooke drew upon the English courtship novel in the tradition of Elize Haywood and Henry Fielding for her novel's plot structure.
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