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Unknown Author (1812)
Anecdotal; Courtship; London; Madeira;
Dialect Speakers
1. Lady Dorimon - Gentry
2. Mr Clarkson - Not clear from text (transitory visitor)
3. Mr Scrimp - Merchant
4. Narrator (third person) - Individual
32
Unknown Author (1812)
Courtship; Gothic; Manners / Society; Mystery; Brighton; Bath;
Dialect Speakers
1. Moll Stevens - Individual
2. Miss Lawson - Minor socialite
3. Timothy Piff - Servant (later becomes husband of second Lady Elwyn)
4. The overseer - Overseer of parish workhouse
33
Unknown Author (1812)
Courtship; Inheritance / Identity; Manners / Society; Mystery; Gloucestershire; country house;
Dialect Speakers
1. Mrs Higgins - Wife of Walter Higgins, she is former servant at the Abbey
2. Deb - Gypsy
3. Molly - Servant
4. Mrs Gauge - Wife of the exciseman
5. Dame Trotman - Widow
6. Robin Higgins - Gardener
7. Gypsies - Gypsy
34
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
35
Daniel, George (1812)
Biography; Courtship; Satirical; Travel; All over British Isles;
Dialect Speakers
1. Mr Tipple - Publican
2. Postboys - Postboys
3. Mr. Ap-Shenkin - Surgeon
4. Captain Mainmast - Captain
5. Mr. O'Shinnaghly - Tragic playwright fom Tipperary
6. Terence O'Whack - Wandering player
7. Young fellow - Young fellow, auditioning to join players
8. Farmer Gammon - Farmer
9. Peasant - Peasant
36
Hofland, Barbara (1812)
Autobiography/Memoirs; Domestic; Manners / Society; Satirical; Social Commentary; Fairborough; West Riding of Yorkshire; country house;
Dialect Speakers
1. Narrator (third person) - Individual
2. Jeremiah Daunton - Tradesman / merchant
3. Rustic - Rustic
4. Old woman - No social role given
5. Johnson - Individual
6. The waggoner - chaise driver
7. Old cottager - Deserving poor
8. Mr Turnwell - Tammy-weaver
9. The flax-dresser - Flax-dresser
10. Ellen - Maid
11. Thomas Hodgets - Clerk to parish
12. Mr. Danvers - Unspecified
37
Hofland, Barbara (1812)
Biography; Didactic / Moralising; Domestic; Inheritance / Identity; Country town; West Country; Lisbon; Keswick;
Dialect Speakers
1. Farmer Gooch - Farmer
2. The miller - Miller
3. Mrs Gooch - Farmer's wife
4. Narrator (third person) - Individual
5. Keswickman - Individual
6. Lady Barbara - Individual
38
Hutchinson, Miss A.A. (1812)
Didactic / Moralising; Domestic; Epistolary; Manners / Society; not clear (epistolary novel);
Dialect Speakers
1. Authorial voice (preface) - Individual
2. Mrs Fitzamor - Socialite
3. Sarah Thorn (later Trueman) - Unspecified
4. Thomas - Servant
5. Petronella Grenby - Gentry
6. Old dame - Servant
7. Maid - Individual
39
Whyte, Alexander (1812)
Courtship; Social Commentary; Tragedy; West Indies;
Dialect Speakers
1. Miss Ratcliff - Slave-owner's sister
2. Blanche Montmerci - Former slave-owner's daughter
3. The stranger - Rebel slave
40
Wilson, Ann (1812)
Anecdotal; Domestic; Travel; Cheshire; Berwickshire;
Dialect Speakers
1. Drover - Agricultural
2. Lady Doncrief - Aristocracy
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