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Tales of My Landlord, New Series, Containing Pontefract Castle. In Three Volumes.
Unknown Author (1820)
Courtship; Crime; Historical; Satirical; Yorkshire; Pontefract; Doncaster;
Dialect Speakers
1. Mr Turnbull - Assistant to cleric
2. Ebenezer - Cook
3. Group - Group of servants
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12
The Adventures of an Ostrich Feather of Quality.
Unknown Author (1812)
Biography; Courtship; Manners / Society; Satirical; England;
Dialect Speakers
1. Sally Buggins - Young lady at dance, social climber
2. Miss Jinks - A very pretty-looking, well dressed young lady
3. Princess Elizabeth - Princess
4. Fripone - French maid
5. Yorkshireman - Yorkshireman, shopkeeper
6. Labourer - Man who came to take away the hired benches, chandeliers, plates and glasses
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The Cottagers of the Lakes.
Unknown Author (1816)
Didactic / Moralising; Domestic; Social Commentary; Northern England; Lakes;
Dialect Speakers
1. Cottager - Fisherman
2. Joe - Child of cottagers
3. Blind woman - Weaver
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The Master Passion; or, The History of Frederick Beaumont. In four volumes.
Unknown Author (1808)
Courtship; Epistolary; Gothic; Mystery; Travel; England; Wales; Germany; Venice;
Dialect Speakers
1. Bernard - Gardener
2. Le Marquis de Sanspareil - Marquis
3. Goody Williams - Cottager
4. Betty - Maid
5. Church clerk - Church clerk
6. Servant - Servant
7. Innkeeper - Innkeeper
8. Sir Patrick - Aristocrat, socialite
9. Tom Cannon - Sailor
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The Siege of Maynooth; or, Romance in Ireland. In Two Volumes.
Unknown Author (1832)
Chivalric; Courtship; Domestic; Gothic; Historical; Ireland; County Kildare; castles (Castle of Maynooth, Castle of Clontarf);
Dialect Speakers
1. Narrator (third person) - Individual
2. Alice - Nurse to Elinor
3. Rose - Maid
4. Dennis - Horseman
5. O'Kelly - Messenger and criminal
6. The English soldiers - Soldiers
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The Smugglers, a Tale, Descriptive of the Sea-Coast Manners of Scotland. In Three Volumes.
Unknown Author (1820)
Anecdotal; Historical; Scotland;
Dialect Speakers
1. Narrator (third person) - Individual
2. Enaeas M'Bain - Innkeeper
3. Mrs M'Bain - Wife of innkeeper
4. Duncan M'Groul - Shipowner and importer
5. Fintram - Boatman
6. Tangle - Sailor
7. Boots - Son of hostler; menial worker
8. Mrs Thomson - Wife of sea captain
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The Woman of Colour, A Tale.
Unknown Author (1808)
Courtship; Didactic / Moralising; Manners / Society; West Indies; London;
Dialect Speakers
1. Olivia - Heiress, but mixed race
2. Dido - Lady's maid, slave
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Uncle Tweazy and His Quizzical Neighbours: A Comic-Satirical Novel. In Three Volumes.
Unknown Author (1816)
Courtship; Inheritance / Identity; Manners / Society; Satirical; Home Counties (?);
Dialect Speakers
1. Geoffry - Servant
2. Mrs Deposit - Dinner guest - background vague
3. Miss Tonic - Daughter of local doctor
4. Mrs Downright - Dinner guest - background vague
5. Mrs Macfriz - Dinner guest - background vague
6. Mr Macfriz - Dinner guest - background vague
7. Mr Sponge - Butcher / baker
8. Foot-boy - Errand-boy
9. Mr Coniac - Dinner guest - background vague
10. Alice - Servant
11. Peter - Cow-boy
12. Ralph Maybloom - Peasant
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19
Otterbourne; a Story of the English Marches.
?Atkinson (Charles L.) or Duros (Edward) (1832)
Adventure; Chivalric; Courtship; Historical; England; Scotland;
Dialect Speakers
1. Narrator (third person) - Individual
2. Leonard Tyzack - Leather jerkin-maker
3. Mabel Tyzack - Ladies' maid, wife of jerkin-maker / housewife / ladies' maid
4. Debby - Innkeeper
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Craven Derby; or, the Lordship by Tenure, Includes the Ladye of the Rose: an Historical Legend, Relating to the Great Founder of the Noble House of Darbye.
?Deale or Luttrell (Henry) (1832)
Chivalric; Courtship; Folklore; Historical; Inheritance / Identity; Worcestershire; the Crusades;
Dialect Speakers
1. Frank Feldfair - Peasant servant - 'higher order of peasantry'
2. Old housekeeper - Housekeeper
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