Memoirs of Emma Courtney by Mary Hays

"Memoirs of Emma Courtney" by Mary Hays is an epistolary novel published in 1796. Through letters to a young man she calls her son, Emma Courtney recounts her passionate pursuit of a man who cannot marry her, her eventual marriage to another, and the tragedies that follow. This partly autobiographical work scandalized contemporary readers with its frank treatment of female desire and bold questioning of women's place in society, earning Hays recognition as a feminist pioneer. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Hays, Mary, 1760?-1843
Title Memoirs of Emma Courtney
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_Emma_Courtney
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 55.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Autobiographical fiction
Subject England -- Fiction
Subject Young women -- Fiction
Subject Love stories
Subject Bildungsromans
Subject Feminist fiction
Subject Sex role -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 41256
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Most Recently Updated Oct 23, 2024
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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