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Lennox, Charlotte / Dalziel, Margaret (editor) / Isles, Duncan (editor). The Female Quixote or The Adventures of Arabella. London, Oxford University Press, 1970. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. XXIII, 427 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. The Female Quixote, a vivacious and ironical novel parodying the style of Cervantes, portrays Arabella, the beautiful daughter of a marquis, whose passion for reading romances colors her approach to her own life and causes many comical and melodramatic misunderstandings among her relatives and admirers. Both Joseph Fielding and Samuel Johnson greatly admired Lennox, and this novel established her as one of the most successful practitioners of the Novel of Sentiment. (Amazon)

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