Belinda

Belinda
by Maria Edgeworth

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From Library Journal
In these two volumes published in 1801 and 1795, respectively, Edgeworth pokes fun at London upper crust. In addition to their humor, these volumes are noteworthy for their early feminist leanings. These Everyman editions include scholarly introductions, textual notes, and a chronology of the author's life. A big package for a small price.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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If I had served myself, with half the zeal that I have served the world, I should not now be thus forsaken!--I have sacrificed reputation, happiness--every thing, to the love of frolic--All frolic will soon be at an end with me--I am dying--and I shall die unlamented by any human being. --If I were to live my life over again, what a different life it should be!--What a different person I would be! --But it is all over now--I am dying.

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If I had served myself, with half the zeal that I have served the world, I should not now be thus forsaken!--I have sacrificed reputation, happiness--every thing, to the love of frolic--All frolic will soon be at an end with me--I am dying--and I shall die unlamented by any human being. --If I were to live my life over again, what a different life it should be!--What a different person I would be! --But it is all over now--I am dying.

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From the Back Cover
Belinda, debutante under the patronage of fashionable Lady Delacour, finds herself embroiled in the schemes and frivolities of a cynical high society. Before reconciliations and marriages can occur, Belinda's intervention precipitates a tangle of cross-purposes and malice. This edition is based on the 1801 text, containing a controversial element suppressed in later editions.

About the Author
Eilan N Chuilleanin teaches at Trinity College Dublin

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