The Life Of Harriot Stuart Written By Herself [Paperback]

Charlotte Lennox (Author)

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Publication Date: June 17, 2004

When he had finished reading, he cast a tender glance at me; and, looking over the last verse again, "I hope, miss, said he, you will have no reason to make this affecting complaint. Fortune can never be so unjust as to make you seel any of her rigours." "Ah, how much are you deceived, sir, interrupted I, fortune has always been my enemy; and I have experienced the most cruel effects of her hate, almost from the very moment of my birth."

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Multitalented English novelist Charlotte Lennox is ranked among the leading literary women of eighteenth century. Her most renowned works, "The Female Quixote" and "The Life of Harriot Stuart", were much admired by the leading literary figures of her time. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (June 17, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419169580
• ISBN-13: 978-1419169588
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,643,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A good beginning, January 22, 2011

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Kim Maddalozzo (Kennett Square, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Life Of Harriot Stuart Written By Herself (Paperback)

The Life of Harriot Stuart by Charlotte Lennox was a book that I was very excited to begin reading. I have read a lot of articles about Charlotte Lennox and have heard her works praised by other famous literary giants including Samuel Johnson and Henry Fielding. This was the first book that was published by her and she is most recognized for her work The Female Quixote, or, The Adventures of Arabella. I have to admit that I had very high expectations for this book and there were things about the story that I really admired and certain aspects that I disliked. For the most part the story follows the adventures or misadventures of Harriot Stuart and is told from her perspective as if she writing a long letter to her friend Amanda. I think my biggest problem with this story was that I found myself disliking Harriot throughout the book and at times it was a struggle for me to keep reading. On the other hand, at times I found that I could not put it down. These inconsistences made it hard to keep reading. I do have to say that it is a good story and at times can be both humorous and tragic but I found that I liked Fanny Burney's way of writing better. Fanny Burney does an excellent job of playing with the emotions of her audience through her characters while I felt that Charlotte Lennox did not want us to even like her characters. I think the strongest aspect of this story is the way the book reads like a poem, the langugae is beautiful and flowery. Despite the things I did not like, the story is truly worth reading and I would continue to read other works by her to compare it to this one.