The triumph of prudence over passion, or, The history of Miss Mortimer and Miss Fitzgerald
- Responsibility
- Elizabeth Sheridan ; edited with an introduction and notes by Aileen Douglas and Ian Campbell Ross.
- Edition
- Paperback reprint.
- Publication
- Dublin : Four Courts Press, 2017.
- Copyright notice
- ©2011
- Physical description
- 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Series
- Literature of early modern Ireland
- Early Irish fiction, c.1680-1820
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Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Sheridan, Betsy, 1758-1837 author.
- Contributor
- Douglas, Aileen, 1961- editor, writer of introduction.
- Ross, Ian Campbell editor, writer of introduction.
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-200).
- Summary
- Originally published in 1781, this is an unconventional epistolary novel set in Ireland and France in 1779 and 1780, against the background of the patriot political agitation that marked the age of Grattan's parliament. The young women who write the bulk of the novel's letters link the state of Ireland and the condition of its women, powerfully endorsing liberty for both. Their witty and incisive commentary on political events, male and female relations, education and national differences, is accompanied by lighter observations on fashion, polite amusements and affairs of the heart.
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- Publication date
- 2017
- Copyright date
- 2011
- Title Variation
- History of Miss Mortimer and Miss Fitzgerald
- Series
- The Literature of early modern Ireland series
- Early Irish fiction, c.1680-1820
- ISBN
- 9781846826634
- 1846826632
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