Women as They Are
Women as They Are is an 1830 novel by the British writer Catherine Gore, originally published in three volumes.[1][2]It is part of the silver fork novels focusing on fashionable high society of the later Regency era. It is also known by its subtitle The Manners of the Day.[3] It was her first novel published by Henry Colburn, and was a considerable success. George IV described it as "the best bred and most amusing novel in my remembrance.[4]
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| Author | Catherine Gore |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Silver Fork |
| Publisher | Henry Colburn |
Publication date | 1830 |
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Illustration from first edition of the novel.
References
- Wilson p.69
- Copeland p.86
- Rosa p.123
- Sutherland p.255
Bibliography
- Adburgham, Alison. Silver Fork Society: Fashionable Life and Literature from 1814 to 1840. Faber & Faber, 2012.
- Copeland, Edward. The Silver Fork Novel: Fashionable Fiction in the Age of Reform. Cambridge University Press, 2012. Ohio State University Press, 1994.
- Rosa, Matthew Whiting. The Silver-fork School: Novels of Fashion Preceding Vanity Fair. Columbia University Press, 1936.
- Sutherland, John. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
- Wilson, Cheryl A. Fashioning the Silver Fork Novel. Routledge, 2015.
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