Coelebs in Search of a Wife

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Coelebs in Search of a Wife is a didactic 1809 novel by Hannah More that explores Christian morality, marriage, and social conduct through the story of a young man's quest for a virtuous spouse.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf didactic novel
novel
author Hannah More
centuryOfPublication 19th century
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
didacticPurpose to model a virtuous Christian marriage
to promote Christian domestic ideals
emphasizes female modesty
parental responsibility
scriptural guidance in daily life
focusesOn the moral education of women
the responsibilities of Christian husbands
the role of religion in domestic life
form prose fiction
genre Christian fiction
didactic literature
moral fiction
historicalContext British Evangelical revival
Regency-era Britain
influencedBy Anglican evangelicalism
surface form: Evangelical Anglicanism
intendedAudience middle-class readers
language English
literaryMovement Evangelical literature
literarySignificance example of early 19th-century religious novel
influential in Evangelical domestic ideology
mainCharacter Coelebs in Search of a Wife self-linksurface differs
surface form: Coelebs
moralStance conservative
narrativePerspective first-person narrative
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
portrays contrasts between worldly and pious households
idealized Christian family life
primaryTheme Christian morality
courtship
domestic virtue
female piety
marriage
religious education
social conduct
promotes domestic economy
practical piety
publicationDate 1809
publisher T. Cadell Jr. and W. Davies
surface form: T. Cadell and W. Davies
relatedWorkOfAuthor Practical Piety
Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education
settingPeriod late 18th century
structure two-volume novel
targetedIssue superficial accomplishments in women
worldliness in polite society

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Hannah More notableWork Coelebs in Search of a Wife
Coelebs in Search of a Wife mainCharacter Coelebs in Search of a Wife self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Coelebs