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Modern Literature: A Novel, in three volumes. By Robert Bisset, L.L.D.
Bisset, Robert (1804)
Didactic / Moralising; Political; Satirical; Yorkshire; Brighton; Grantham; Gloucestershire;
Dialect Speakers
1. Mr Maxwell's sister - Non-specific 'cottager'
2. Betty - Maid
3. Sally - servant
4. Miss Lacecap - Prospective author
5. Nanny - Maid
6. Farmer/yeoman - Farmer
7. Servant - Servant
8. Roger O'Rourke - Travelling preacher (loosely - O'Rourke is untrained/ unqualified)
9. Kit Cotton - Retired tradesman
10. Servant / simple country lad - Servant
11. The Scotchman - Unspecified
12. Stout fellow - Unspecified
13. Penitent - Unspecified
14. Uncle Hamilton - Gentry
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Aubrey: A Novel. By R.C. Dallas esq. Author of Percival
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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Rosanna, in Popular Tales. By Maria Edgeworth, author of Practical Education, Belinda, Castle Rackrent, Irish Bulls, &C. &C.
Edgeworth, Maria (1804)
Didactic / Moralising; Domestic; Leinster, Ireland;
Dialect Speakers
1. Simon - 'a sort of a half or a half quarter gentleman' (p. 85)
2. Mrs Dougherty - Wife of yeoman
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Out of Debt Out of Danger in Popular Tales. By Maria Edgeworth, author of Practical Education, Belinda, Castle Rackrent, Irish Bulls, &C. &C.
Edgeworth, Maria (1804)
Crime; Didactic / Moralising; Manners / Society; London;
Dialect Speakers
1. Belle Perkins (later Ludgate) - Shopkeeper's wife
2. Nurse - Nurse
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15
Village Anecdotes, or, the Journal of a Year, from Sophia to Edward, with Original Poems. By Mrs Le Noir. In three volumes
Le Noir, Elizabeth Anne (1804)
Biography; Courtship; Epistolary; Inheritance / Identity; English village; ;
Dialect Speakers
1. Thomas Peterson (referred to as Mr. Thomas) - Son of yeoman farmer
2. Miss Summers - Unspecified
3. Mr Deacon - Farmer
4. Mrs Peterson - Farmer's wife
5. Mrs Hall - Laundrymaid
6. Mrs Larimer - Unspecified
7. Hannah - Dairymaid
8. Mr Bennet - Cottager
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Jessica Mandaville, or The Woman of Fortitude, in five volumes, by Miriam Malden
Malden, Miriam (1804)
Courtship; Didactic / Moralising; Gothic; Devon, country house; London;
Dialect Speakers
1. Narrator (third person) - Individual
2. Rough men - Bailiffs
3. Mrs Figgins - Greengrocer's wife
4. Betty Bumpkin - Servant
5. Post chaise driver - Driver
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Lussington Abbey. A novel. In two volumes. By Henrietta Rouviere
Mosse, Henrietta Rouviere (1804)
Courtship; Gothic; Wales;
Dialect Speakers
1. Narrator (third person) - Individual
2. Mary - Housemaid, cook and laundry maid to Hubert and Phoebe
3. Driver - Driver / servant
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Zoflora
Picquenard, Jean Baptiste (1804)
Biography; Courtship; Sentimental; Travel; Saint Domingo, Caribbean;
Dialect Speakers
1. Zabiro - Slave
2. Maroon captain - Escaped slave, now a captain
3. Slave governor - Governor of the slaves, carries a whip
4. Messenger - Slave
5. 'the negro' - Slave
6. The negro commander - Leader of escaped slaves
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The Lake of Killarney: A novel, in three volumes. By Anna Maria Porter, author of Octavia, Walsh Colville, &C. &C.
Porter, Anna Maria (1804)
Courtship; Gothic; Castle (Clonnel Castle), Killarney, Ireland; Country house in Hampshire; London;
Dialect Speakers
1. Aleck - Servant to Mr ONiel
2. Miss Purdy (Prudence) O'Brien - Society belle
3. Dermot - Begins as peasant (deserving poor); later becomes servant; later yet, valet / personal servant to Lord Tyrone
4. Cottagers - Cottagers
5. Cottager - Cottager
6. Fisherman - Fisherman
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A Picture From Life: or, the History of Emma Tankerville and Sir Henry Moreton. By Henry Whitfield, M.A.
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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