LIBRARY AND EARLY WOMEN'S WRITING
NOVELS-ON-LINE
Author: |
Mrs. Martin |
Title: |
The Enchantress; or, Where Shall I Find Her? A Tale |
Place of publication: |
London |
Publisher: |
Printed at the Minerva Press, for William Lane |
Date of publication: |
1801 |
Edition: |
1st ed. |
Number of volumes: |
1 |
The attribution to Mrs Martin comes from a Minerva Library catalogue of 1814 (Dorothy Blakey, The Minerva Press, 1790-1820 (Oxford, University Press, 1939), p.198). A clever novel concerning the efforts of Sir Philip Desomeaux's quest for a wife. Sir Philip takes an extraordinarily practical approach to his search. The novel opens with an advertisement that he has placed in the newspaper, stating simply: 'A man wants a wife.' His practicality quickly gives way to romantic passion, however, upon his meeting with his 'Enchantress', Miss Josepha Milward.
Volume 1 |
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