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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Fine in Fine dust jacket. As New. Edited by Paula R. Backscheider and Hope D. Cotton. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation in a heavy cardboard box. Unread. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. A volume in the Eighteenth-Century Novels by Women series. Selling Used and Rare books online since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984.; Eighteenth Century Novels by Women; 8vo.; 181 pages.