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England - Social life and customs - 18th century - Fiction

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    Entertaining history of the female Quixote, or the adventures of Arabella. Containing a remarkable account of her reading romances, which had such an Effect on her, that every Man she saw on Horseback she imagined was a Knight, and every Farm-House a Castle; with many diverting Stories

    Lennox, Charlotte, ca. 1729-1804. | Date: [1752?]
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    The reform'd coquet or, memoirs of Amoranda. A novel. By Mrs. Davys, author of The humours of York.

    Davys, Mary, 1674-1731. | Date: MDCCXLIV. [1744]
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    The vicar of Wakefield a tale. Supposed to be written by himself.

    Goldsmith, Oliver, 1728-1774. | Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]
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    The vicar of Wakefield a tale. Supposed to be written by himself. In two volumes.

    Goldsmith, Oliver, 1728-1774. | Date: 1766
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    The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman . Vol. III.

    Laurence Sterne | Date: M.DCC.LXI. [1761]
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Fiction - Authorship - Fiction
Family - Fiction
Conduct of life - Fiction
Vicars, Parochial - England - Fiction
Young men - England - Fiction

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