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Whitfield, Henry (1804)
Courtship; Didactic / Moralising; Gothic; Satirical; London; Newmarket; Vienna;
Dialect Speakers
1. Facile - Valet de chambre
2. John - Servant
3. Bailiff - Bailiff
4. Doctor Anapest - Scholar
5. Sally - Chambermaid in Inn
6. English commander - Ship's commander
7. Mr Snug - Tradesman and usurer
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Sebright, Paul (1824)
Adventure; Courtship; Inheritance / Identity; Cheriton, Kent; Normandy;
Dialect Speakers
1. Justine - Nurse
2. Leclerc - Servant
3. Liffey O'Paole - Sailor
4. Julius - Servant
5. John Cornish - Unspecified
6. Roguish fellow - Sailor
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Hurstone, J.P. (1808)
Courtship; Inheritance / Identity; Satirical; Worcester; London; Egypt;
Dialect Speakers
1. Stephen Wilmot - Peasant
2. Scotch woman - Unspecified
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Meeke, Mary (1800)
Biography; Courtship; Inheritance / Identity; Manners / Society; English country houses;
Dialect Speakers
1. Postillions - Postillions
2. Betsey and Patty Balfour - Child in a family that has servants but is not very orderly
3. Mrs. Mackintosh - Trade (by marriage)
4. Martha - Individual
5. Rioters - Rioters
6. Mr Hawkins - Herring-salter
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Lister, Thomas Henry (1832)
Biography; Courtship; Crime; Inheritance / Identity; Manners / Society; Political; London; Northern Estate; Lake District;
Dialect Speakers
1. Mr Jackson - Steward
2. Park-keeper - Game keeper
3. American - American and pretender to a title that is not his.
4. Landlady - Fat landlady
5. Jem - Ostler
6. Clarkson - Former steward (sacked) - note that his speech changes a lot during novel
7. Hargrave - Lawyer
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Dallas, Robert C. (1804)
Courtship; Didactic / Moralising; Travel; London; Cambridge; Warwickshire; Portugal (Oporto) ;
Dialect Speakers
1. Julius Caesar - Servant
2. Local shopkeepers and merchants - Shopkeepers
3. Cottager - Non-specific 'rustic'
4. Mr Cowsel - Farmer
5. James McKnucle - Bailiff
6. Grant - Non-specific 'countryman'
7. Aubrey - Vicar
8. The Scot - Unspecified
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Oakley, Peregrine (1824)
Biography; Courtship; Domestic; Fantasy; Manners / Society; Satirical; London;
Dialect Speakers
1. M. Noyaux - Planter just returned from West Indies
2. Jeanie Mackenzie - Ex-servant and wife of soldier
3. Abigail - Chambermaid
4. Gold coin (narrator) - Individual
5. Mrs Dory - Wife of fish seller
6. Maid - Maid
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Barham, Richard Harris (1820)
Courtship; Crime; Domestic; Mystery; Satirical; Coastal town; rectory; country house; prison;
Dialect Speakers
1. Stephen Whitehead - Ploughman and groom
2. Andrew Robinson - Companion / domestic
3. Mrs Gruby - Guest at house party (no social role given)
4. Lady Duddle - Socialite; widow of biscuit maker knighted for serving royal household
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?Layton (Jemima) or Starck (Henry Savile de) (1808)
Historical; Inheritance / Identity; Military; Northumberland;
Dialect Speakers
1. Dame - Dame, Cottager, Wife of Praise-God-Barebones
2. Praise-God-Bare-Bones - Presbyterian, cottager, husband of dame
3. Colonel Stumpel (in disguise) - Colonel Stumpel disguised as African Slave
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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
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