THE HISTORIES OF SOME OF THE PENITENTS IN THE MAGDALEN HOUSE by Jennie Batchelor (Editor), Megan Hiatt (Editor) ( 9781781441053 )

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Title:

THE HISTORIES OF SOME OF THE PENITENTS IN THE MAGDALEN HOUSE

By:

Jennie Batchelor (Editor), Megan Hiatt (Editor)

Format:

Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

1781441057

ISBN 13:

9781781441053

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

1 December, 2006

Series:

Chawton House Library: Women's Novels 1

Description:

First published in 1759, this novel aims to promote the cause of the Magdalen House, a charity which sought to rehabilitate prostitutes by fitting them for a life of virtuous industry. It challenges long-standing prejudices against prostitutes by presenting them as victims of inadequate education, male libertinism and sexual double standards.

Synopsis:

First published anonymously in 1759 (imprint 1760), this remarkable novel was written to promote the cause of the Magdalen House, a charity which sought to rehabilitate prostitutes by fitting them for a life of virtuous industry. More than a mere fundraiser, however, the novel challenges long-standing prejudices against prostitutes by presenting them as victims of inadequate education, male libertinism and sexual double standards. As such it revises earlier literary and visual representations of the lusty whore, and looks forward to the feminist polemics of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Hays.

Publication:

Imprint:

Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd

Returns:

Non-returnable

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