Dialect in British Fiction: 1800-1836Funded by The Arts and Humanities Research CouncilSupported by The University of Sheffield
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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
32
Unknown Author (1828)
Courtship; Didactic / Moralising; Domestic; Manners / Society; Political; Sentimental; Social Commentary; Bristol, Wales, Isle of Wight;
Dialect Speakers
1. Man making a delivery - Coachman
2. Bill - Lobster fisher
3. Susy - Wife of lobster fisher
4. Billy - Child, son of lobster Fisher
5. John Jones - Servant
6. Tomkins - Gardener
7. Mrs Tomkins - Gardener's wife
33
Unknown Author (1828)
Anecdotal; Biography; Courtship; Inheritance / Identity; Political; Jamaica;
Dialect Speakers
1. Tom Paine - Slave
2. Trajan - Slave
3. Black Doctor - Doctor (for the slaves)
4. Dolly - Slave
5. Quashie - Slave
6. George Marly - Book-keeper
7. Quaco - Slave
8. The negro - Slave
9. Cambridge - Slave
10. The Blacks - Unspecified
11. The negroes - Slaves
12. Graceson - Merchant
13. My partner - Unspecified
34
Temple, Edmond (1816)
Anecdotal; Autobiography/Memoirs; Political; Satirical; Social Commentary; Travel; London; Verdun (France); Portugal; onboard merchant ship; Austria; Edinburgh; Thirsk;
Dialect Speakers
1. Pill Garlick - Standard speaking narrator
2. Chap from Dumfries - Unspecified (coach passenger)
3. Coach driver - Coach driver
4. Murphy Luogue - Valet / manservant
5. Spanish tailor - Tailor
6. Somersetshire farmer - Farmer
7. Vestminster Vench - Unspecified (coach passenger)
8. Jemmy - Trainee seaman
35
Foster, Mrs E. M. (1800)
Humour; Inheritance / Identity; Manners / Society; Political; Cornwall;
Dialect Speakers
1. Joanna - Servant
2. Mrs Wilson - Farmer's wife
3. Mr Jones; Miss Davis; others - Stagecoach passengers
36
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
37
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
38
Marryat, Frederick (1836)
Adventure; Autobiography/Memoirs; Humour; Political; Satirical; Seafaring; Travel; Hampshire, England; Italy; Battleship;
Dialect Speakers
1. Mephistopheles Faust - Ship's cook/ servant/ African prince
2. Easthupp - Purser's steward/ thief
3. Pompey - Seaman
4. William - Keeper
5. James - Keeper
6. The farmer - Tenant farmer
39
Marryat, Frederick (1832)
Adventure; Biography; Courtship; Didactic / Moralising; Domestic; Inheritance / Identity; Seafaring; On board ship; France; England; W. Indies; Cumberland; Liverpool; London; coastal towns; prison cell;
Dialect Speakers
1. Narrator (third person) - Individual
2. Jim and Tom - Keepers in 'lunatic asylum'
3. Judy Malony - Wife of boatswain's mate
4. Collins, Thompson, Hillson - Convicts / sailors
5. Bonded slaves - Slaves on plantation
6. Retired seamen - Retired seamen
7. Carpenter - Carpenter
40
Cursham, Mary Anne (1832)
Courtship; Domestic; Historical; Inheritance / Identity; Manners / Society; Travel; Abbey; London; Nottinghamshire;
Dialect Speakers
1. Peter - Woodman- 'a member of that useful community of "hewers of wood and drawers of water"' (vol 1, p. 4)
2. Margery - Housekeeper
3. Mattie - Domestic
4. Davie plus others unnamed - Musicians
5. Narrator (third person) - Individual
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