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The plot of Charlotte Smith's autobiographical first novel Emmeline(1788) includes the usual thrills of the eighteenth-century courtship novel: abduction, duels, and a "fairy tale princess." At the same time, the novel satirically reworks such literary conventions by focusing... Read Full Overview

Charlotte Turner Smith was born on 4th May 1749 in London. Her early years were dominated by her mother's early death and her father's reckless spending. At age 15 she married Benjamin Smith in order to rid her father of his gambling debts. Charlotte was later to write that she... Read Full Overview

In an exploration of the societal limitations for women regarding marriage and property in the eighteenth century, this gothic masterpiece is an early work of feminist fiction.

Emmeline is orphaned and raised in a grand castle in the English countryside... Read Full Overview

Emmeline Mowbray's history is shrouded in mystery. The common story is that she is the illegitimate daughter of a Lord, but there are very few corroborating documents. It is also said that both her parents are dead.

She lives precariously alone, under the... Read Full Overview

Emmeline est une histoire touchante d'une orpheline vivant avec une tante cruelle et abusive. Lorsqu'elle est invit e dans un ch teau voisin, Emmeline tombe amoureuse de Valancourt. Cependant, leur relation est menac e par la tante d'Emmeline, qui veut la marier un riche... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Charlotte Turner Smith's "Emmeline, The Orphan of the Castle," transports readers to the heart of 18th-century Great Britain. This compelling work of historical fiction, presented in an epistolary format, delves into the social life and customs of the era through the eyes... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: Emmeline by Charlotte Turner Smith

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good... Read Full Overview