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Fashionable Tales: Emilie de Coulanges and Almeria

Fashionable Tales: Emilie de Coulanges and Almeria

Edgeworth, Maria

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ISBN10: 1162728434
ISBN13: 9781162728438
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Fashionable Tales: Emilie de Coulanges and Almeria is a book written by Maria Edgeworth. It is a collection of two short stories that explore the lives of two women from different social classes in 18th century Europe. The first story, Emilie de Coulanges, follows the life of a French aristocrat who is forced to flee to England during the French Revolution. She struggles to adapt to her new life and find her place in society. The second story, Almeria, is about a young woman from a wealthy family who falls in love with a poor artist. She must choose between her love for him and her family's expectations for her to marry someone of their social status. Through these stories, Edgeworth examines themes of class, love, and identity in a changing world. The book provides a glimpse into the social and cultural landscape of 18th century Europe, and offers insights into the challenges that women faced during this time.1843. Contains two novels, Emilie de Coulanges and Almeria, by the author Edgeworth, whose stories had a moral purpose behind them, usually pointing out the duty of the upper class toward their tenants. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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