Frances Brooke, The History of Julia Mandeville

Laura Moss (University of British Columbia)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.1: Canadian Writing and Culture (Anglophone): Colonial and The Nineteenth Century, 1783-1900.
Vol. editors: Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia), Cynthia Sugars (University of Ottawa)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1763

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Epistolary
Novel
Sentimental

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In 1760 Frances Brooke, author and editor of the successful periodical

The Old Maid

, published a translation from the French of Madame Marie Jeanne Riccoboni’s

Lettres de Milady Juliet Catesby a Milady Henriette Campley, son amie (The Letters of Lady Juliet Catesby to her Friend, Lady Henrietta Campley

). This epistolary novel is the story of the betrayal of a heroine and her subsequent happy reunion with her lover. It had a marked impact on Riccoboni’s appreciation in England and taught Brooke the ingredients necessary for a successful novel of sensibility.

The History of Lady Julia Mandeville appears to be a sentimental novel that will end in the joyful union of the three affairs of the heart (Lady Julia Mandeville and Harry Mandeville, Lady Anne Wilmot and Colonel Belleville, and

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Citation: Moss, Laura. "The History of Julia Mandeville". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 January 2001 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=600, accessed 23 April 2024.]

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