Belinda

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"Belinda" is an 1801 novel by Maria Edgeworth that explores themes of female education, marriage, and social manners in early 19th-century British society.

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Belinda canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Maria Edgeworth ⓘ
character Clarence Hervey ⓘ
Lady Anne Percival ⓘ
Lady Delacour ⓘ
Mr. Vincent ⓘ
Mrs. Stanhope ⓘ
linked to: Mrs Stanhope
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublisher J. Johnson ⓘ
form prose fiction ⓘ
genre courtship novel ⓘ
didactic novel ⓘ
novel of manners ⓘ
hasAdaptation stage adaptations (19th century, various) ⓘ
hasEdition 1801 first edition ⓘ
revised later editions ⓘ
hasSubject British upper-class society ⓘ
domestic life ⓘ
female virtue ⓘ
social performance ⓘ
hasWorkExample Belinda’s choice between Clarence Hervey and Mr. Vincent ⓘ
scene of Lady Delacour’s supposed mortal illness ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment ideas of reason ⓘ
conduct literature ⓘ
literaryMovement realism (early form) ⓘ
literaryPeriod Romantic era ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism
mainCharacter Belinda Portman ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor depiction of a mixed-race character in early British fiction ⓘ
early exploration of women’s roles in marriage ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Maria Edgeworth’s domestic fiction ⓘ
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
protagonist Belinda Portman ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
publicationYear 1801 ⓘ
setting London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

country estates in England ⓘ
early 19th-century British society ⓘ
theme courtship ⓘ
female education ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
morality ⓘ
race and colonialism ⓘ
rationality versus sensibility ⓘ
reputation and scandal ⓘ
social manners ⓘ
women’s independence ⓘ

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Maria Edgeworth → notableWork → Belinda ⓘ
Maria Edgeworth → notableWork → Belinda ⓘ
subject linked to: Edgeworth family