
Belinda
Author: Maria Edgeworth
Narrator: Marysol Cantu
Unabridged: 21 hr 4 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: BookaVivo
Published: 05/31/2022
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, En Espanol

Author: Maria Edgeworth
Narrator: Marysol Cantu
Unabridged: 21 hr 4 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: BookaVivo
Published: 05/31/2022
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, En Espanol
Before Jane Austen and after Fanny Burney (who I have never read ...yet) there was popular, influential Maria Edgeworth, these ladies and others, dominated English literature of the late 18th century and early 19th, women especially young girls enjoyed their novels with stories of improbable romance......more
A really fascinating read. I love how self-aware Maria Edgeworth is, and I thought the characterisation here was great, though I’m not sure how I feel about the ending.......more
Can be downloaded for free from Project Gutenberg link to free edition under the title "Tales and Novels — Volume 03 by Maria Edgeworth" Update 10/12/2017 Not a full 4 stars (3.75), but I enjoyed it nevertheless. Belinda, the heroine, is a big step forward compared to the heroines of Fanny Burney (co......more
I read Maria Edgeworth’s Belinda (1801) as part of my occasional series of female predecessors of Jane Austen, following a very successful encounter a few years ago with the splendidly dashing Fanny Burney. I didn’t enjoy Edgeworth’s novel as much as Burney’s Evelina (1778)—at times, frankly, it dra......more
Belinda is a silly, naive girl who is sent to stay with the glamorous Lady Delacour. Her worldly aunt wants her to find a rich husband, Lady Delacour wants her to be entertaining, and Belinda just wants to fall in love. She is initially dazzled by the high-flying life of the Delacours and the rest o......more