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User Review - amerynth - LibraryThingCharlotte Lennox's "The Female Quixote, or The Aventures of Arabella" is a somewhat amusing tale of a woman who lets her romantic notions rule the day with disastrous results. The heroine of the novel ... Read full review
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User Review - startingover - LibraryThingThe heroine of this novel is Arabella, whose early life has been spent in the secluded home of her father, her mother having died giving birth to Arabella. Much of her time has been spent reading ... Read full review
Contents
1 | |
9 | |
In which a logical Argument is unseasonably | 60 |
BOOK II | 81 |
Which contains a very natural Incident | 84 |
IVhich contains some common occurrencesbut | 96 |
2he History of Miss Groves interspersed with | 104 |
Containing what a judicious Reader will hardly | 114 |
Chap VIII | 262 |
VOL II | 275 |
Containing the Beginning of Sir Georges | 49 |
A Lo veAdventure after the Romantic rob | 77 |
A single Combat fought with prodigious Valour | 98 |
JVberein Sir George concludes his Hipcry which | 110 |
Containing only a few Inferences drawn from | 118 |
Whichconcludes with an authentic Piece | 130 |
Chap VIII | 124 |
Containing some curious Anecdotes | 130 |
Chap X | 138 |
hi which the Lady is wonderfully delivered | 149 |
BOOK III | 163 |
In which the Interview is ended not much to | 175 |
Chap VI | 189 |
Chap VIII | 203 |
By whichtoe hope the Reader will hi dif | 211 |
Definition of Love and BeautyThe necessary | 226 |
Being a Chapter of Mistakes | 250 |
which the Mistakes are not yet cleared up | 255 |
Chap VII | 146 |
Being a Chapter of the satirical kind 160 | 160 |
In which our Heroine being mistaken herself gives | 173 |
BOOK VIII | 206 |
In which is introduced a very singular character | 228 |
BOOK IX | 243 |
Chap II | 253 |
A very mysterious Chapter 268 | 268 |
JVhich acquaints the Reader with two very extra | 282 |
Chap XI | 298 |
In which the History is concluded | 319 |
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