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41
Otterbourne; a Story of the English Marches.
?Atkinson (Charles L.) or Duros (Edward) (1832)
Adventure; Chivalric; Courtship; Historical; England; Scotland;
Dialect Speakers
1. Narrator (third person) - Individual
2. Leonard Tyzack - Leather jerkin-maker
3. Mabel Tyzack - Ladies' maid, wife of jerkin-maker / housewife / ladies' maid
4. Debby - Innkeeper
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42
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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43
Plebeians and Patricians.
Gaskill, Peter (1836)
Inheritance / Identity; Satirical; Manchester, Cheshire;
Dialect Speakers
1. Mrs Manford - Mother of mill-owner
2. Sir John Manford - Mill-owner, later knighted
3. Mrs Nancy Manford - Wife of mill-owner
4. Count (no forename given) Hartmann - Aristocrat
5. Thomas Manford - Brother of Mill-owner
6. (no forename given) Sampson - Mill worker/ insurrectionist
7. Trickle - Mill-owner
8. Jenny - Runs house in which foundlings lodge
9. Sir John Scarsbrook - Baronet
10. Lady Lucy Haggerton - Lady
11. Jem Ward - Servant - factotum
12. Johnny (no surname given) - Poet
13. Lord Charles Haggerton - Lord
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44
Recollections of an Artillery Officer: Including Scenes and Adventures in Ireland, America, Flanders, and France.
Hill, Benson Earle (1836)
Adventure; Autobiography/Memoirs; Military; London; Ireland; Madiera; America; Flanders; France; Jamaica; Bristol;
Dialect Speakers
1. Hill - Artillery officer
2. Guide - Guide
3. O'Grady - Unspecified
4. Cavanagh - Unspecified
5. Priest - Priest
6. Sarah - Messenger
7. Ebenezer Bruce - Soldier
8. Wellwood - Barrack master
9. Lady Rodney - Plantation owner (note that she is not a titled Lady despite her name)
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45
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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46
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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47
Saint Ronan's Well. By The Author of
Scott, Walter (1824)
Courtship; Domestic; Inheritance / Identity; Manners / Society; Scotland;
Dialect Speakers
1. Meg Dods - Landlady
2. Mrs Blower - Widow of a trader (implication is he was a smuggler)
3. Captain MacTurk - Highland Lieutenant on half-pay
4. Mr Meicklewham - Agent of Mowbray, attorney
5. Young boy - Urchin
6. Joseph - Gardener
7. Sir Bingo Binks - Baronet
8. Crone - Old crone
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48
Says She to Her Neighbour, What? In Four Volumes. By an Old-Fashioned Englishman.
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
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49
Scotch Lawsuits; or, A Tale of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.
Wilson, Ann (1812)
Anecdotal; Domestic; Travel; Cheshire; Berwickshire;
Dialect Speakers
1. Drover - Agricultural
2. Lady Doncrief - Aristocracy
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50
Scotch Novel Reading; or, Modern Quackery. A Novel Really Founded on Facts. In Three Volumes. By a Cockney.
Green, Sarah (1824)
Courtship; Domestic; Humour; Manners / Society; Satirical;
Dialect Speakers
1. Mr Fennel - Professional
2. Alice Fennel - Daughter of professional
3. Narrator (third person) - Individual
4. Robert Butler - Son of retired businessman
5. Lady Macbane - Wife of Scottish Laird
6. Alexander Macbane - Laird
7. Miss Southgate - Socialite
8. Timothy Rawlins - Manservant to Lovemore
9. Betty - Cook
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