Memoirs of Emma Courtney

Name: Memoirs of Emma Courtney
Author: Hays, Mary

Hays, Mary

Autobiographical fiction; Bildungsromans; England -- Fiction; Feminist fiction; Love stories; Sex role -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction

MEMOIRS OF
  EMMA COURTNEY


  MARY HAYS




CONTENTS


  Preface xvii

  Volume I           1

  Chapter I          6
  Chapter II         8
  Chapter III       11
  Chapter IV        14
  Chapter V         16
  Chapter VI        18
  Chapter VII       20
  Chapter VIII      24
  Chapter IX        26
  Chapter X         28
  Chapter XI        31
  Chapter XII       33
  Chapter XIII      37
  Chapter XIV       41
  Chapter XV        46
  Chapter XVI       52
  Chapter XVII      55
  Chapter XVIII     59
  Chapter XIX       62
  Chapter XX        65
  Chapter XXI       68
  Chapter XXII      71
  Chapter XXIII     73
  Chapter XXIV      76
  Chapter XXV       79
  Chapter XXVI      84
  Chapter XXVII     88
  Chapter XXVIII    92


  Volume II         95

  Chapter I         98
  Chapter II       102
  Chapter III      105
  Chapter IV       109
  Chapter V        112
  Chapter VI       118
  Chapter VII      121
  Chapter VIII     129
  Chapter IX       133
  Chapter X        137
  Chapter XI       141
  Chapter XII      144
  Chapter XIII     151
  Chapter XIV      154
  Chapter XV       157
  Chapter XVI      162
  Chapter XVII     164
  Chapter XVIII    167
  Chapter XIX      171
  Chapter XX       173
  Chapter XXI      176
  Chapter XXII     181
  Chapter XXIII    184
  Chapter XXIV     187
  Chapter XXV      190
  Chapter XXVI     192
  Chapter XXVII    196




PREFACE


The most interesting, and the most useful, fictions, are, perhaps, such,
as delineating the progress, and tracing the consequences, of one
strong, indulged, passion, or prejudice, afford materials, by which the
philosopher may calculate the powers of the human mind, and learn the
springs which set it in motion--'Understanding, and talents,' says
Helvetius, 'being nothing more, in men, than the produce of their
desires, and particular situations.' Of the passion of terror Mrs
Radcliffe has made admirable use in her ingenious romances.--In the
novel of Caleb Williams, curiosity in the hero, and the love of
reputation in the soul-moving character of Falkland, fostered into
ruling passions, are drawn with a masterly hand.

For the subject of these Memoirs, a more universal sentiment is chosen--a
sentiment hackneyed in this species of composition, consequently more
difficult to treat with any degree of originality;--yet, to accomplish
this, has been the aim of the author; with what success, the public
will, probably, determine.

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