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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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Sketches of Character, or Specimens of Real Life. A novel, in three volumes.
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)
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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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Bertrand; or, Memoirs of a Northumbrian Nobleman in the Seventeenth Century; Written by Himself. In Three Volumes.
?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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25
Ronaldsha: A Romance.
Doherty, Ann (1808)
Courtship; Gothic; Historical; Inheritance / Identity; Mystery; Scotland;
Dialect Speakers
1. Jammie Maclain - Centinel
2. Kate - Servant, varying from lady's maid to cottager
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The Cottagers of Glenburnie; A Tale for the Farmer's Ingle-Nook.
Hamilton, Elizabeth (1808)
Didactic / Moralising; Domestic; Social Commentary; Scotland;
Dialect Speakers
1. Boy - Boy
2. The farmer - Farmer
3. Mrs MacClarty - Farmer's wife
4. Jean - Child, daughter of farmer
5. Narrator (third person) - Individual
6. Farmer MacClarty - Farmer
7. Neighbours of the MacClarty's - Not given, but presumably on a par with the McClartys
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An Autumn at Cheltenham; or, Mysteries in High Life. A Fashionable Novel. In Three Volumes.
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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Modern Characters. A Novel. In Three Volumes.
Montague, Edward (1808)
Courtship; Domestic; Manners / Society; Social Commentary; London;
Dialect Speakers
1. Brown Bess - Gypsy
2. Narrator (third person) - Individual
3. Jew - Jew, money lender
4. Watchmen - Watchmen
5. Constable - Constable
6. Jack - Sailor
7. Landlady - Landlady
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The Old Irish Baronet; or, Manners of my Country. A novel. In three volumes. By Henrietta Rouviere, author of Lussington Abbey, Heirs of Villeroy, A Peep at our Ancestors, &C. &C.
Mosse, Henrietta Rouviere (1808)
Chivalric; Courtship; Gothic; Historical; Inheritance / Identity; Political; Country house; Ireland; Florence;
Dialect Speakers
1. Connolly - Butler
2. Molly - Servant - housekeeper
3. Narrator (third person) - Individual
4. Chef - Chef
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The Itinerant, or Memoirs of an Actor. In three volumes. By S.W. Ryley
Ryley, Samuel William (1808)
Autobiography/Memoirs; Biography; Humour; Satirical; Travel; London; theatres; Saddleworth; Chester; Yorkshire; Oldham; Isle of Man; Liverpool; Manchester; Buxton; Worcester; Wales; Scotland ;
Dialect Speakers
1. Christopher - Servant
2. Group of drinkers in Inn - Drinkers
3. French dancing master - Dancing tutor
4. Old soldier - Beggar
5. Waiter - Waiter
6. Petty officer - Police constable
7. Riggs - Travelling theatre manager
8. Jew - Unspecified - 'little jew-looking figure'
9. George - Manservant, formerly groom
10. Colliers - Colliers
11. Mr Romney - Actor / manager
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