Belinda

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"Belinda" is an 1801 novel by Maria Edgeworth that explores themes of female education, marriage, and social manners in early 19th-century British society.

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instanceOf novel
author Maria Edgeworth NERFINISHED
character Clarence Hervey NERFINISHED
Lady Anne Percival NERFINISHED
Lady Delacour NERFINISHED
Mr. Vincent NERFINISHED
Mrs. Stanhope NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstPublisher J. Johnson NERFINISHED
form prose fiction
genre courtship novel
didactic novel
novel of manners
hasAdaptation stage adaptations (19th century, various)
hasEdition 1801 first edition
revised later editions
hasSubject British upper-class society
domestic life
female virtue
social performance
hasWorkExample Belinda’s choice between Clarence Hervey and Mr. Vincent
scene of Lady Delacour’s supposed mortal illness
influencedBy Enlightenment ideas of reason
conduct literature
literaryMovement realism (early form)
literaryPeriod Romantic era NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Belinda Portman NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor depiction of a mixed-race character in early British fiction
early exploration of women’s roles in marriage
originalLanguage English
partOf Maria Edgeworth’s domestic fiction
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
protagonist Belinda Portman NERFINISHED
publicationCentury 19th century
publicationYear 1801
setting London, England
surface form: London

country estates in England
early 19th-century British society
theme courtship
female education
marriage
morality
race and colonialism
rationality versus sensibility
reputation and scandal
social manners
women’s independence

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