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The delicate distress

Griffin, Elizabeth, (Author). Ricciardi, Cynthia Booth, 1959- (Added Author). Staves, Susan, 1942- (Added Author).

Summary: Actress, playwright, and novelist, Elizabeth Griffith (1727-1793) won fame in England with the publication in 1757 of the first two volumes of Letters Between Henry and Frances, letters from her own courtship with Richard Griffith whom she secretly married in 1751. Her first novel, The Delicate Distress (1769), focuses on the problems women encounter after marriage -- the issue of financial independence for wives, the consequences of interfaith relationships, and the promiscuity of their husbands. Against a backdrop of rural England and Paris of the ancien regime, Griffith reimagines the epi.

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ISBN: 0813157935
ISBN: 9780813157931
Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 pages)
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Publisher: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:	LETTER 62. Lady WOODVILLE, TO Lady STRAFFON.
Formatted Contents Note:	LETTER 49. Lady WOODVILLE, TO Lady STRAFFON. LETTER 50. Lady STRAFFON, TO Lady WOODVILLE.; LETTER 51. Lady WOODVILLE, TO Lady STRAFFON.; LETTER 52. Lord WOODVILLE, TO Lord SEYMOUR.; LETTER 53. Lord SEYMOUR, TO LordWOODVILLE.; LETTER 54. Lord WOODVILLE, To Lord SEYMOUR.; LETTER 55. Lord SEYMOUR, TO Lord WOODVILLE; LETTER 56. Lord WOODVILLE, To Lord SEYMOUR.; LETTER 57. Lord SEYMOUR, TO Lord WOODVILLE.; LETTER 58. Lord WOODVILLE, To Lord SEYMOUR.; LETTER 59. Lady STRAFFON, TO Lady WOODVILLE.; LETTER 60. Lady WOODVILLE, TO Lady STRAFFON.; LETTER 61 .Lady STRAFFON, TO Lady WOODVILLE.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.