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  • 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.

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