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Charlotte Brontë • Jane Eyre: (Annotated Edition)
Cecilia (1782) and Camilla (1796) are by Frances (or Fanny) Burney; Belinda (1801) is by Maria Edgeworth. Burney, the most acclaimed novelist of the late eighteenth century, was, along with Samuel Richardson, the most important influence on Jane Austen’s work. Burney’s novels consistently focus on the tribulations—romantic and otherwise—of a young
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don't refuse the poor things
Jane Collier • An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting;: With Proper Rules for the Exercise of that Pleasant Art
Fools and their money are soon parted, Ma would say.
Suzanne Collins • Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) (The Hunger Games)
there seems almost a general wish of decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist, and of slighting the performances which have only genius, wit, and taste to recommend them.