Dialect in British Fiction: 1800-1836Funded by The Arts and Humanities Research CouncilSupported by The University of Sheffield
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Edgeworth, Maria (1800)
Anecdotal; Domestic; Historical; Humour; Manners / Society; Social Commentary; Ireland; Castle; ;
Dialect Speakers
1. Authorial voice ('Maria Edgeworth') - Author
2. Thady Quirk - Steward
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Hatton, Anne Julia Kemble (1816)
Courtship; Domestic; Manners / Society; Country village (Hannington);
Dialect Speakers
1. Lucy Harrowby - Child
2. Molly Mitcham - Individual
3. Crispin Parkins - Cobbler
4. Margery Parkins - Wife of cobbler
5. Mr Dip - Tallow-chandler
6. Mrs Dip - Wife of tallow chandler
7. Miss Dip - Daughter of tallow-chandler
8. Old woman - Servant
13
?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
14
Beauclerc, Amelia (1820)
Courtship; Didactic / Moralising; Domestic; Manners / Society; Social Commentary; Oxford; London;
Dialect Speakers
1. Dame Fry - Woodcutter's Wife
2. Patty - Servant who combines housemaid and lady's maid
3. Sarah - Servant, housemaid
4. Sailor - Sailor
5. Venus - Servant and mistress of master of house
6. Clementina (Clammy) - Housemaid
7. Caesar - Servant
8. Gardener - Gardener
15
Blair, Mrs Alexander (1820)
Courtship; Didactic / Moralising; Domestic; Inheritance / Identity; Manners / Society; Hampshire; country house; priory;
Dialect Speakers
1. Madamoiselle Victoire - French Maid
2. Winny - Maid
3. Will - Valet
4. Mrs Carstairs - Widow of Laird
5. Bonaire - An attached Swiss servant
16
Bisset, Robert (1800)
Biography; Courtship; Didactic / Moralising; Humour; Inheritance / Identity; Manners / Society; Political; Satirical; Highlands of Scotland; England ;
Dialect Speakers
1. Serjeant - A serjeant who had belonged to his father's regiment
2. Mrs. Dip - Formerly a maid, now wife of Mr. Jacob Dip who was formerly a tallow-chander
3. Mr. Rhodomontade - Proprietor of Rogue Place, which is the set of his forefathers, has travelled significantly and makes things up to increase his consequence
4. Elderly lady on stage-coach - Elderly lady on stage-coach with daughter (Miss Bouncer) and friend
5. The Captain - Initially appears to be a captain, but later turns out to be servant
6. servant at Wetherby - Servant
7. Simon Suffolk - Cheesemonger
8. A teacher - Teacher
9. The preacher - Methodist preacher, Scotch seceder, faith without works
10. Mr. Barber - Unitarian and political barber
11. 'Squire Dip - Former tallow-chandler, now attempting to be gentleman
12. Mr. Swearwell - Corrupt lawyer
17
MacNally, Louisa (1820)
Courtship; Domestic; Historical; Inheritance / Identity; Social Commentary; Lancashire; Wicklow, Ireland;
Dialect Speakers
1. Miss Lannigan - Sister of Mr Lannigan, part of polite society, rather masculine young lady - 'buck Lannigan'
2. Cormac - Frederick's overseer
3. Labourer - Labourer
4. Wife of labourer - Wife of labourer
5. Mr. McManus - Local gentleman in Ireland
6. Miss Ally - Sister of McManus, I think
7. Jude Cormac - Wife of overseer
8. Old woman - Old woman
9. Cook - Cook
18
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')
19
Hamilton, , Alexander (1836)
Chivalric; Courtship; Gothic; Historical; Inheritance / Identity; Angus, Scotland;
Dialect Speakers
1. Old beldam - Old beldam
2. Man-at-arms - Man-at-arms
3. Boatman - Boatman
4. Sailors/pirates - Sailors/ pirates
5. Geordie Goldcraft - Burgess
6. King James V - King
7. John Mackilrie - Jester
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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
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