Comments on: Review: "The Female Quixote" by Charlotte Lennox http://girlebooks.com/blog/free-ebooks/the-female-quixote-by-charlotte-lennox/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:59:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Laura McDonald http://girlebooks.com/blog/free-ebooks/the-female-quixote-by-charlotte-lennox/comment-page-1/#comment-8921 Laura McDonald Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:57:08 +0000 http://girlebooks.com/blog/free-ebooks/the-female-quixote-by-charlotte-lennox/#comment-8921 According to this person, Austen did read it! http://thejaneaustenproject.com/2010/04/21/dull-elves/ "We know Jane Austen read this book, for she mentions in a 1807 letter that she is rereading, and finding it funnier than ever." Perhaps it gave her the initial idea for Catherine of NA... According to this person, Austen did read it!
http://thejaneaustenproject.com/2010/04/21/dull-elves/
"We know Jane Austen read this book, for she mentions in a 1807 letter that she is rereading, and finding it funnier than ever."

Perhaps it gave her the initial idea for Catherine of NA...

]]> By: Clare http://girlebooks.com/blog/free-ebooks/the-female-quixote-by-charlotte-lennox/comment-page-1/#comment-8920 Clare Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:02:04 +0000 http://girlebooks.com/blog/free-ebooks/the-female-quixote-by-charlotte-lennox/#comment-8920 Agreed, it's a good romp! Longwinded by modern standards, and the archaic spelling and layout can be a bit offputting to begin with, but Charlotte Lennox definitely had a sense of humour! I wonder if Jane Austen knew it? There are obvious similarities to Northanger Abbey, where the innocent heroine has to learn that real life bears little resemblance to the Gothic novels she loves to read... Agreed, it's a good romp! Longwinded by modern standards, and the archaic spelling and layout can be a bit offputting to begin with, but Charlotte Lennox definitely had a sense of humour!

I wonder if Jane Austen knew it? There are obvious similarities to Northanger Abbey, where the innocent heroine has to learn that real life bears little resemblance to the Gothic novels she loves to read...

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