AuthorSusannah Maria CooperTitleThe Wife; or, Caroline HerbertPlaceLondonPublisherBecket, PorterPrinterBulmerDate1813Volumes2EditionFirstDescription8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments with red and green leather labels.A revision of Letters Between Emilia and Harriet, 1762. The overwhelming goodness of the heroine, Caroline Herbert, triumphs over fashionable vagaries, and restores the affections of a wandering husband. Some merciful relief from Mrs Herbert's severe virtue is to be found in the character of Miss Clara Woodford, a vivacious young lady who delights in exciting admiration, but who herself ends the novel vowing to become a pattern of virtue. |
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