Belinda
Maria Edgeworth
When Belinda was published in 1801, it became both controversial and popular. Controversial because of the inter-racial marriage presented in the novel, and popular because it's a very good comedy of manners, like Evelina by Fanny Burney. Belinda, like Evelina, is a soft and loving girl of 17, is coming to London with her aunt who directs her action in order to make sure that she'll find a good match. But what will happen if Belinda will fall in love? Will Clarence Hervey, the man she loves, be able to marry her? It seems almost impossible, as he is secretly bringing up another woman to be a perfect wife to him and now, in all honor, he thinks he must marry her. These social novels about young women trying to find good husbands were admired by Jane Austen who referred to Belinda, among other novels, in her own novel Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language." (Summary by Stav Nisser)
Author - Maria Edgeworth.
Narrator - LibriVox Community.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
When Belinda was published in 1801, it became both controversial and popular. Controversial because of the inter-racial marriage presented in the novel, and popular because it's a very good comedy of manners, like Evelina by Fanny Burney. Belinda, like Evelina, is a soft and loving girl of 17, is coming to London with her aunt who directs her action in order to make sure that she'll find a good match. But what will happen if Belinda will fall in love? Will Clarence Hervey, the man she loves, be able to marry her? It seems almost impossible, as he is secretly bringing up another woman to be a perfect wife to him and now, in all honor, he thinks he must marry her. These social novels about young women trying to find good husbands were admired by Jane Austen who referred to Belinda, among other novels, in her own novel Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language." (Summary by Stav Nisser) Author - Maria Edgeworth. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:29:31
Chapter 2
Duration:00:47:31
Chapter 3
Duration:00:27:57
Chapter 4
Duration:00:33:44
Chapter 5
Duration:00:49:27
Chapter 6
Duration:00:32:44
Chapter 7
Duration:00:28:47
Chapter 8
Duration:00:20:51
Chapter 9
Duration:00:26:00
Chapter 10
Duration:00:35:48
Chapter 11
Duration:00:25:47
Chapter 12
Duration:00:39:16
Chapter 13
Duration:00:25:19
Chapter 14
Duration:00:28:44
Chapter 15
Duration:00:28:45
Chapter 16
Duration:00:25:33
Chapter 17
Duration:00:32:02
Chapter 18
Duration:00:29:29
Chapter 19
Duration:00:23:36
Chapter 20
Duration:00:30:50
Chapter 21
Duration:00:35:28
Chapter 22
Duration:00:29:45
Chapter 23
Duration:00:27:36
Chapter 24
Duration:00:34:29
Chapter 25
Duration:00:32:42
Chapter 26
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Chapter 27
Duration:00:44:16
Chapter 28
Duration:00:48:20
Chapter 29
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Chapter 30
Duration:00:21:41
Chapter 31
Duration:00:27:14
Chapter 32
Duration:00:26:45
Chapter 33
Duration:00:25:05
Chapter 34
Duration:00:16:51
Chapter 35
Duration:00:24:49
Chapter 36
Duration:00:24:11
Chapter 37
Duration:00:28:40
Chapter 38
Duration:00:27:01
Chapter 39
Duration:00:38:59