Dialect in British Fiction: 1800-1836Funded by The Arts and Humanities Research CouncilSupported by The University of Sheffield
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1
Unknown Author (1824)
Courtship; Domestic; Inheritance / Identity; Manners / Society; Killarney; Dublin; Ireland;
Dialect Speakers
1. Jenny - Maid servant
2. MrsBelmont - Child of a wealthy grocer, married to gentleman (so social climber)
3. Judith Donahoe - Mrs. Kelly's maid
4. Tenants - Tenants who have just helped bring in the harvest
5. Poor old man - Poor old man, beggar
2
Unknown Author (1820)
Anecdotal; Political; Satirical; Travel; Scotland; Edinburgh;
Dialect Speakers
1. Narrator (first person) - Individual
2. Moses - Merchant
3. Jacky - Chambermaid
4. Mr Ooronooko - Servant
5. Archy - Bailiff
6. Various individuals, only some named - Variety of town councillors, shopkeepers, and general bystanders
7. Allan - Bailiff ('bum baillie')
3
Unknown Author (1828)
Courtship; Didactic / Moralising; Satirical; Two unspecified villages on the coast and the interior of Ireland;
Dialect Speakers
1. Molly Clarty - Wife of servant/fisherman
2. Tom Clarty - Servant/fisherman
3. Nancy - Nurse
4
Unknown Author (1812)
Anecdotal; Courtship; London; Madeira;
Dialect Speakers
1. Lady Dorimon - Gentry
2. Mr Clarkson - Not clear from text (transitory visitor)
3. Mr Scrimp - Merchant
4. Narrator (third person) - Individual
5
Unknown Author (1828)
Courtship; Didactic / Moralising; Domestic; Manners / Society; Political; Sentimental; Social Commentary; Bristol, Wales, Isle of Wight;
Dialect Speakers
1. Man making a delivery - Coachman
2. Bill - Lobster fisher
3. Susy - Wife of lobster fisher
4. Billy - Child, son of lobster Fisher
5. John Jones - Servant
6. Tomkins - Gardener
7. Mrs Tomkins - Gardener's wife
6
Unknown Author (1828)
Anecdotal; Biography; Courtship; Inheritance / Identity; Political; Jamaica;
Dialect Speakers
1. Tom Paine - Slave
2. Trajan - Slave
3. Black Doctor - Doctor (for the slaves)
4. Dolly - Slave
5. Quashie - Slave
6. George Marly - Book-keeper
7. Quaco - Slave
8. The negro - Slave
9. Cambridge - Slave
10. The Blacks - Unspecified
11. The negroes - Slaves
12. Graceson - Merchant
13. My partner - Unspecified
7
Unknown Author (1812)
Courtship; Inheritance / Identity; Manners / Society; Mystery; Gloucestershire; country house;
Dialect Speakers
1. Mrs Higgins - Wife of Walter Higgins, she is former servant at the Abbey
2. Deb - Gypsy
3. Molly - Servant
4. Mrs Gauge - Wife of the exciseman
5. Dame Trotman - Widow
6. Robin Higgins - Gardener
7. Gypsies - Gypsy
8
Unknown Author (1808)
Courtship; Domestic; Inheritance / Identity; Manners / Society; Satirical; Bath; London; Devon; country house;
Dialect Speakers
1. Mrs Mansell - Partygoer and socialite
2. Captain Patrick O'Reilly - Military
3. Maria and Anna - Daughters of merchant merchant
4. Narrator (third person) - Individual
5. Sir Caesar Devereux - Baronet
6. Mrs Grimshaw - Widow of shopkeeper
7. West Indian servant - Servant
8. Mrs Hancock - Sister of Mrs Grimshaw, so assume similar social category (i.e. wife of shopkeeper)
9
Unknown Author (1816)
Courtship; Domestic; Inheritance / Identity; Manners / Society; Mystery; Scotland; Highlands; Hammersmith;
Dialect Speakers
1. Mactaggart - Postmaster
2. Suter Willie - Unspecified
3. Widow - Unspecified
4. The Dominie - Teacher / minister
5. Sandy Glass - A kind of village idiot, so wanders rather than works
6. Sergeant Macbean - Sergeant in army
7. Narrator (third person) - Individual
8. Willie - Shepherd
9. Wattie - Shepherd
10. Bess - Minister's servant
10
Unknown Author (1812)
Courtship; Gothic; Manners / Society; Mystery; Brighton; Bath;
Dialect Speakers
1. Moll Stevens - Individual
2. Miss Lawson - Minor socialite
3. Timothy Piff - Servant (later becomes husband of second Lady Elwyn)
4. The overseer - Overseer of parish workhouse
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