Frances Brooke's 'Circle of Friends' : The Limits of Epistolarity in The History of Emily Montague
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Frances Brooke's 'Circle of Friends' : The Limits of Epistolarity in The History of Emily Montague
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Frances Brooke's (1724-1789) novel, The History of Emily Montague, first published in1769, describes Quebec society shortly after the Conquest. Not only is The History of Emily Montague the first novel written in Canada, the author also notes that it pre-dates the supposed first American novel. The History of Emily Montague is an epistolary novel that recounts the courtship and marriage of three different sets of lovers in Canada and England from April 1766 to November 1768. The main letter-writers in the novel are Emily Montague, Colonel William Fermor, Colonel Ed Rivers, and Arabella Fermor. Although a love story, Brooke's novel includes many reflections on social norms and the relations between the English, French, Huron, and Iroquois cultures in Quebec.
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Early American Literature
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Vol. 39
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no. 3
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465-485
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2004
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en
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Arch, Stephen Carl. “Frances Brooke’s ’Circle of Friends’ : The Limits of Epistolarity in The History of Emily Montague.” Early American Literature Vol. 39, no. 3 (2004): 465–485.
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