Emma; or, The Unfortunate Attachment

Georgiana Duchess Of Devonshire

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Published anonymously in 1773 and attributed to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, this epistolary novel explores the "unfortunate attachment" of Emma Eggerton to William Walpole. Forbidden by her father to marry the man she loves, Emma resigns herself to marrying Walpole, her father's autocratic choice of a husband. The novel's other unfortunate attachment concerns Colonel Sutton, who falls prey to the "low" machinations of the confirmed flirt Harriet Courtney. Like Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Georgiana's Emma explores the dangers of first impressions and arranged marriages, but does so from the vantage point of a woman who would suffer the long-term consequences of both.

Originally published when the author was only sixteen, and long out of print, Emma anticipates many of the major events of Georgiana's own life, and taken together with her second novel, The Sylph, it offers significant insights into the outlook of aristocratic women in the late eighteenth century. An Introduction by Jonathan David Gross sets the novel in the context of its time and explores the questions surrounding its authorship.

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Note on the Text

To the Right Honorable Lady Camden

List of Subscribers

Emma Vol. One

Emma Vol. Two

Emma Vol. Three

Appendix 1: Collation of 1773 and 1784 Editions

Appendix 2: Collation of 1773 and 1787 Editions

Appendix 3: Poems by Lady Georgiana; with one poem by David Garrick

Notes

Index

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791484807
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

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Emma OR, THE UNFORTUNATE ATTACHMENT  A Sentimental Novel

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire Edited and with an Introduction by Jonathan David Gross

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Emma; or, The Unfortunate Attachment ❦ A Sentimental Novel

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

Edited and with an Introduction by Jonathan David Gross

S T A T E  U N I V E R S I T Y

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Emma; or, The unfortunate attachment: a sentimental novel / Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire; edited and with an introduction by Johnathan David Gross. p. cm. Some authors have attributed this anonymous work to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-7914-6145-9 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-6146-7 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Arranged marriage–Fiction. 2. Runaway husbands–Fiction. 3. Married women–Fiction. I. Title; Emma. II. Title: Unfortunate attachment. III. Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of, 1757–1806. IV. Gross, Jonathan David, 1962–

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A CKNOWLEDGMENTS P REFACE I NTRODUCTION N OTE ON THE  T EXT T O THE  R IGHT  H ONORABLE  L ADY  C AMDEN L IST OF  S UBSCRIBERS E MMA V OL . O NE E MMA OL WO V . T E . T MMA V OL HREE A PPENDIX  1 Collation of 1773 and 1784 Editions A PPENDIX  2 Collation of 1773 and 1787 Editions A PPENDIX  3 Poems by Lady Georgiana; with one poem by David Garrick N OTES I NDEX

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I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE the generous assistance of DePaul Uni- versity, which provided research support in the form of a University of Research Council grant as well as a spring quarter leave in 2003 that enabled me to complete this edition. My thanks to Mike Mezey, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Helen Marlborough, Chair of the Department of English, for making this possible. Professor Peter Graham set high standards for what an edited vol- ume should be. His generous suggestions and helpful advice guided my research at every stage. Professor James Murphy at DePaul answered numerous genealogical and historical questions related to the Spencers and Camdens. His timely and gracious help saved me from numerous errors. My thanks also to my three research assistants. David Bachmann located reviews ofEmmaand other periodicals at the Newberry. Shan- non Siggeman proofed the introduction, created files for the notes, and helped locate other copies ofEmma. She also assisted in preparing the manuscript for publication. Linda Neiberg assisted with the collation of the 1784 and 1773 editions at the University of Bristol library and obtained periodicals at the New York Public Library; her work in En- gland helped make the 1784 collation possible. Students in my M.A. in English, English 471: Bibliography and Literary (Winter 2002) found clues and sources for several allusions in the novel. I am particularly grateful to Jennifer Parrott, Matthew Infantino, and Randi Russert for their work in this area. Frank DeConstanza and Darren Trongeau gath- ered valuable information onThe Sylphin the electronic edition they prepared in Winter 2001 that proved helpful in drafting the introduc- tion to this volume.

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